Companies Act 2006

242Protected information: restriction on use or disclosure by registrarU.K.

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(1)The registrar must omit protected information from the material on the register that is available for inspection where—

(a)it is contained in a document delivered to him in which such information is required to be stated, and

(b)in the case of a document having more than one part, it is contained in a part of the document in which such information is required to be stated.

(2)The registrar is not obliged—

(a)to check other documents or (as the case may be) other parts of the document to ensure the absence of protected information, or

(b)to omit from the material that is available for public inspection anything registered before this Chapter comes into force.

(3)The registrar must not use or disclose protected information except—

(a)as permitted by section 243 (permitted use or disclosure by registrar), or

(b)in accordance with section 244 (disclosure under court order).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 240-246 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 7 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)