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Register of Overseas Entities: approach to enforcement

This framework explains how Companies House will use its enforcement powers in relation to the Register of Overseas Entities.

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Companies House
Published
21 June 2023
Last updated
6 July 2023 — See all updates

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Register of Overseas Entities: approach to enforcement

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Where information, support and guidance do not result in compliance, Companies House will use its significant enforcement powers predictably, consistently and judiciously. We’ll select the most suitable method of enforcement by assessing:

  • the nature and seriousness of a failure
  • how individuals, businesses and the integrity of our registers have been affected
  • the novelty and duration of the issue
  • the public interest
  • whether other agencies are already taking, or contemplating taking, action in relation to the matter
Published 21 June 2023
Last updated 6 July 2023 + show all updates

  1. Information added - If an entity disposed of land between 28 February 2022 and the end of the transitional period.

  2. Added translation

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