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F1Pt. 21A inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 except for the insertion of ss. 790M(9)(c), 790W-790ZE and 30.6.2016 so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, regs. 4(a), 5(a)
(1)The provisions of sections 240 to 244 (directors' residential addresses: protection from disclosure) apply to information within subsection (2) as to protected information within the meaning of those sections.
(2)The information within this subsection is—
(a)information as to the usual residential address of a person with significant control over a company, and
(b)the information that such a person's service address is his or her usual residential address.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to information relating to a person if an application under regulations made under section 790ZG has been granted with respect to that information and not been revoked.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 790ZF applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31L (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 3, Sch. 1)
C2S. 790ZF applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12C (as inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. Pt. 3))
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring the registrar and the company to refrain from using or disclosing PSC particulars of a prescribed kind (or to refrain from doing so except in prescribed circumstances) where an application is made to the registrar requesting them to refrain from so doing.
(2)“PSC particulars” are particulars of a person with significant control over the company—
(a)including a person who used to be such a person, but
(b)excluding any person in relation to which this Part has effect by virtue of section 790C(12) as if the person were an individual.
(3)Regulations under this section 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,
(d)how an application is to be determined,
(e)the duration of and procedures for revoking the restrictions on use and disclosure,
(f)the operation of sections 790N to 790S in cases where an application is made, and
(g)the charging of fees by the registrar for disclosing PSC particulars where the regulations permit disclosure, by way of exception, in prescribed circumstances.
(4)Provision under subsection (3)(d) and (e) may in particular—
(a)confer a discretion on the registrar;
(b)provide for a question to be referred to a person other than the registrar for the purposes of determining the application or revoking the restrictions.
(5)Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
(6)Nothing in this section or in regulations made under it affects the use or disclosure of particulars of a person in any other capacity (for example, the use or disclosure of particulars of a person in that person's capacity as a member or director of the company).]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 790ZG applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12C (as inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. Pt. 3))
C4S. 790ZG(2) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31L (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 3, Sch. 1)
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