Section 81

1 After Part 21 of the Companies Act 2006 insert -

"Part 21A Information about people with significant control

Chapter 1 Introduction

790A Overview

This Part is arranged as follows -

(a) the remaining provisions of this Chapter identify the companies to which this Part applies and explain some key terms, including what it means to have "significant control" over a company,

(b) Chapter 2 imposes duties on companies to gather information, and on others to supply information, to enable companies to keep the register required by Chapter 3,

(c) Chapter 3 requires companies to keep a register, referred to as a register of people with significant control over the company, and to make the register available to the public,

(d) Chapter 4 gives private companies the option of using an alternative method of record-keeping, and

(e) Chapter 5 makes provision for excluding certain material from the information available to the public.

790B Companies to which this Part applies

(1) This Part applies to companies other than -

(a) DTR5 issuers, and