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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the register kept by a company under section 288 shall contain the following particulars with respect to each director—
(a)in the case of an individual—
(i)his present [F1name],
(ii)any former [F2name],
(iii)his usual residential address,
(iv)his nationality,
(v)his business occupation (if any),
(vi)particulars of any other directorships held by him or which have been held by him, and
[F3(vii)the date of his birth;]
(b)in the case of a corporation [F4or Scottish firm], its corporate [F4or firm] name and registered or principal office.
[F5(1A)Where a confidentiality order made under section 723B is in force in respect of a director, the register shall contain, in addition to the particulars specified in subsection (1)(a), such address as is for the time being notified by the director to the company under regulations made under sections 723B to 723F.]
[F6(2)In subsection (1)(a)—
(a)“name” means a person’s Christian name (or other forename) and surname, except that in the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname, or in addition to either or both of them; and
(b)the reference to a former name does not include—
(i)in the case of a peer, or an individual normally known by a British title, the name by which he was known previous to the adoption of or succession to the title, or
(ii)in the case of any person, a former name which was changed or disused before he attained the age of 18 years or which has been changed or disused for 20 years or more, or
(iii)in the case of a married woman, the name by which she was known previous to the marriage.]
(3)It is not necessary for the register to contain on any day particulars of a directorship—
(a)which has not been held by a director at any time during the 5 years preceding that day,
(b)which is held by a director in a company which—
(i)is dormant or grouped with the company keeping the register, and
(ii)if he also held that directorship for any period during those 5 years, was for the whole of that period either dormant or so grouped,
(c)which was held by a director for any period during those 5 years in a company which for the whole of that period was either dormant or grouped with the company keeping the register.
(4)For purposes of subsection (3), “company” includes any body corporate incorporated in Great Britain; and—
(a)[F7section 481 of the Companies Act 2006] applies as regards whether and when a company is or has been dormant, and
(b)a company is to be regarded as being, or having been, grouped with another at any time if at that time it is or was a company of which the other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary, or if it is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the other or of another company of which that other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 2(2)(a) (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, art. 6)
F2Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 2(2)(a) (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, art. 6)
F3S. 289(1)(a)(vii) substituted (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, art. 6) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 2(2)(b)
F4Words inserted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 2(3) (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, art. 6)
F5S. 289(1A) inserted (2.4.2002) by The Companies (Particulars of Usual Residential Address) (Confidentiality Orders) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/912), reg. 16, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)
F6S. 289(2) substituted (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, art. 6) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 2(4)
F7Words in s. 289(4)(a) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 77 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 289(2) applied by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 5(4), 21
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