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Part 10U.K.A company's directors

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

Chapter 8U.K.Directors' residential addresses: protection from disclosure

243Permitted F1... disclosure by the registrarU.K.

F2(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(2)The registrar may disclose protected information to a credit reference agency.]

(3)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations—

(a)specifying conditions for the disclosure of protected information in accordance with this section, and

(b)providing for the charging of fees.

(4)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the registrar, on application, to refrain from disclosing protected information relating to a director to a credit reference agency.

(5)Regulations under subsection (4) may make provision as to—

(a)who may make an application,

(b)the grounds on which an application may be made,

(c)the information to be included in and documents to accompany an application, and

(d)how an application is to be determined.

[F4(6)Regulations under subsection (4) may in particular confer a discretion on the registrar.

(6A)Provision under subsection (5)(d) may in particular provide for a question to be referred to a person other than the registrar for the purposes of determining the application.]

(7)In this section—

(8)Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 243 heading omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 97(3)(b), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z39)

F2S. 243(1) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 97(3)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z39)

F3S. 243(2) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 3(2); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

F4S. 243(6)(6A) substituted for s. 243(6) (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 94(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

F5Word in s. 243(7) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

F6Words in s. 243(7) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(a); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1S. 243 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 243 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 243 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 243 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(i) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)