This is a follow-up to our alerts dated 9 March 2020 and 6 November 2020 on the enactment of section 93A of the Companies Act No. 17 of 2015 and the Companies Act (Beneficial Ownership Information) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations). The previous alerts are available here.

By a notice dated 27 January 2021, the Companies Registry has extended the deadline, from 31^st January 2021 to 31^st July 2021, for companies to prepare and file their registers of beneficial owners with the Registrar of Companies in accordance with the Regulations. A copy of the Registry’ extension notice is available here.