The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024

Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009

5.  Schedule 1 (provisions of the Companies Acts applying to unregistered companies) to the Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009(1) is amended as follows—

(a) for paragraph 7 substitute—

“7.— (1) Sections 240 to 246 of the Companies Act 2006 (directors’ residential addresses: protection from disclosure) apply to unregistered companies.

(2) Section 243 (permitted disclosure by the registrar) applies with the following modifications—

(a) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The provisions of the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/214) relating to disclosure of protected information under this section apply.

(3A) Those provisions are—

(a) Part 2 (disclosure of protected information),

(b) Part 4 (matters relating to applications), so far as relating to disclosure under this section, and

(c) any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of those provisions.”;

(b) omit subsections (4) to (6A) and (8).”;

(b) in paragraph 12C—

(i) for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) In section 790ZF(1), for “sections 240 to 244” substitute “sections 240 to 242 and 243(2) and (7)”;”

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) Part 6 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) applies, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of that Part.”;

(c) in paragraph 17(2)—

(i) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) section 1081A (registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc),”;

(ii) after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) sections 1092A to 1092C (powers to require further information),”;

(iii) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(fa) sections 1110E to 1110G (disclosure of information),”;

(d) in paragraph 20(1)—

(i) omit paragraph (cza);

(ii) for paragraph (ca) substitute—

“(ca) sections 1087A, 1087B(1) and (2) and 1087C (protection of date of birth information);”;

(e) in paragraph 20(2A) for “section 1087B for sub-paragraph (3)” substitute “section 1087C for sub-paragraph (4)”.

(1)

S.I. 2009/2436.