Limited Partnerships Act 1907

[F1 16C Restriction on disclosure of information by registrar U.K.

(1) The registrar must not disclose protected date of birth information or protected residential address information except—

(a) in accordance with subsection (2) or (3),

(b) in accordance with section 16E (disclosure of protected residential address information under court order), or

(c) as permitted by section 1110F of the Companies Act 2006 (general powers of disclosure by the registrar).

(2) The registrar may disclose protected date of birth information or protected residential address information if the same information is required to be made available for public inspection as a result of being contained in a document, part of a document or record to which section 16A(1) does not apply.

(3) The registrar may disclose protected date of birth information or protected residential address information to a credit reference agency.

(4) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations specifying conditions for the disclosure of protected date of birth information or protected residential address information in accordance with subsection (3).

(5) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the registrar, on application, to refrain from disclosing protected date of birth information or protected residential address information to a credit reference agency.

(6) Regulations under subsection (5) may make provision of the kind referred to in section 243(5) to (6A) of the Companies Act 2006.

(7) In this section—

• “credit reference agency” means a person carrying on a business comprising the provision of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose;

• “protected date of birth information” has the meaning given by section 16A(3);

• “protected residential address information” has the meaning given by section 16A(3).

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 16C-16E and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 139(2), 219(1)(2)(b)