PART 1Registration of overseas entities

Inspection of the register and protection of information

I124Disclosure of protected information

1

The registrar must not disclose protected date of birth information or protected residential address information about a person unless—

a

the same information about the 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 22 applies, or

b

disclosure is permitted by subsection (2).

2

The registrar may disclose protected date of birth information or residential address information to any person who—

a

has functions of a public nature, and

b

is specified for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

3

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

a

specifying conditions for the disclosure of protected date of birth information or residential address information in accordance with this section, and

b

providing for the charging of fees.

4

This section does not apply to protected date of birth information, or protected residential address information, about a person in their capacity as a registrable beneficial owner or managing officer if an application under regulations made under section 25 has been granted in respect of that information and has not been revoked.

5

In this section—

  • “date of birth information” has the meaning given by section 22(3);

  • “protected” has the meaning given by section 22(2);

  • “residential address information” has the meaning given by section 22(3).

6

Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.