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[F11087BDisclosure of DOB informationU.K.

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(1)The registrar must not disclose restricted DOB information unless—

(a)the same information about the relevant person (whether in the same or a different capacity) is made available by the registrar for public inspection as a result of being contained in another description of document in relation to which no restriction under section 1087 applies (see subsection (2) of that section), or

(b)disclosure of the information by the registrar is permitted by subsection (2) or another provision of this Act.

(2)The registrar may disclose restricted DOB information—

(a)to a public authority specified for the purposes of this subsection by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or

(b)to a credit reference agency.

(3) Subsections (3) to (8) of section 243 (permitted use or disclosure of directors' residential addresses etc by the registrar) apply for the purposes of subsection (2) as for the purposes of that section (reading references there to protected information as references to restricted DOB information).

(4)This section does not apply to restricted DOB information about a relevant person in his or her capacity as someone whose particulars are stated in the company's PSC register if an application under regulations made under section 790ZG (regulations for protecting PSC particulars) has been granted with respect to that information and not been revoked.

(5)Restricted DOB information ” means information falling within section 1087A(1). ]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1087A, 1087B inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, otherwise 10.10.2015 except for the insertion of s. 1087A(3)(b)(4)(a)(b)(5)(6)(7) and s. 1087B(4) which are in force on 30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 96(3), 164(1); S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(b); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 4(a); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(d)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 1087B modified by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 2 para. 20(2A) (as inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 35 (with Sch. Pt. 3))

C4Ss. 1085-1091: power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), ss. 8, 47(2); S.I. 2018/1161, reg. 3(a)

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