Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

28 Administrative removal of material from register

(1) The registrar may remove from the register—

(a) anything that there was power, but no duty, to include;

(b) anything listed in section 22(1) (material unavailable for public inspection), if it no longer appears to the registrar reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was delivered to the registrar.

(2) The power in subsection (1)(a) is exercisable, in particular, so as to remove—

(a) unnecessary material within the meaning of section 1074 of the Companies Act 2006,

(b) material derived from a document that has been replaced under section 1076 of that Act (replacement of document not meeting requirements for proper delivery), or

(c) material derived from a document that has been replaced under section 27.

(3) On or before removing any material under subsection (1)(a) (otherwise than at the request of the overseas entity) the registrar must give notice—

(a) to the person by whom the material was delivered (if the identity, and name and address of that person are known), or

(b) to the overseas entity to which the material relates (if notice cannot be given under paragraph (a) and the identity of that overseas entity is known).

(4) The notice must—

(a) state what material the registrar proposes to remove, or has removed, and on what grounds, and

(b) state the date on which it is issued.