Scottish Qualifying Partnerships New forms – July 2017
21st July 2017
On 26 June 2017 changes were made to UK anti-money laundering measures to help prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. The change increases the transparency of who owns and controls companies in the UK.
This legislation made changes to current requirements about people with significant control (PSC) information. As part of the new legislation, Companies House has introduced a new range of Company forms for use by Scottish Qualifying Partnerships (SQP) from 24 July 2017.
New SQP forms are:-
- SQP1 – Registration of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP2 – Change of details for a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP3 – Notice of ceasing to be a Scottish qualifying partnership SQP CS01 - Confirmation statement for a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC01 - Notice of individual person with significant control (PSC) of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC02 - Notice of relevant legal entity (RLE) with significant control of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC03 - Notice of other registrable person (ORP) with significant control of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC04 - Change of details of individual person with significant control (PSC) of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC05 - Change of details of relevant legal entity (RLE) with significant control of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC06 - Change of details of other registrable person (ORP) with significant control of a Scottish qualifying partnership SQP PSC07 - Notice of ceasing to be an individual person with significant control (PSC), relevant legal entity (RLE), or other registrable person (ORP) of a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC08 - Notification of PSC statements for a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SQP PSC09 - Update to PSC statements for a Scottish qualifying partnership
- SP RP04 - Second filing of a document previously delivered by a Scottish limited partnership or Scottish qualifying partnership
Guidance for companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and eligible Scottish partnerships on the register of people with significant control (PSC) requirements can be found here.
