First changes to UK company law expected on 4 March

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What will change

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The first set of changes introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act includes:

# greater powers to query information and request supporting evidence

# stronger checks on company names

# new rules for registered office addresses

# a requirement for all companies to supply a registered email address

# a requirement for all companies to confirm they’re forming the company for a lawful purpose when they incorporate, and to confirm its intended future activities will be lawful on their confirmation statement

# the ability to annotate the register when information appears confusing or misleading

# taking steps to clean up the register, using data matching to identify and remove inaccurate information

# sharing data with other government departments and law enforcement agencies

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Info and Image courtesy – GOV.UK