(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1059A (scheme of Part 35), in subsection (3), at the appropriate place insert -
"sections 1110A and 1110B (identity verification),".
(3) In section 1087 (material not available for public inspection), in subsection (1), after paragraph (gb) (inserted by section 66 of this Act) insert -
"(gc) any document delivered to the registrar under regulations under section 1110B;".
(4) After section 1110 insert -
1110A Meaning of "identity is verified"
(1) For the purposes of this Act an individual's "identity is verified" if -
(a) the individual's identity has been verified by the registrar in accordance with regulations under section 1110B, or
(b) a verification statement in respect of the individual has been delivered to the registrar, and the individual has not, since then, ceased to be an individual whose identity is verified by virtue of regulations under subsection (6).
(2) A verification statement is
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