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Companies Act 2006

Chapter 8 Directors' residential addresses: protection from disclosure

  • Section 240 Protected information
  • Section 241 Protected information: restriction on use or disclosure by company
  • Section 242 Protected information: restriction on ... disclosure by registrar
  • Section 243 Permitted ... disclosure by the registrar
  • Section 244 Disclosure under court order
  • Section 245 Circumstances in which registrar may put address on the public record
  • Section 246 Putting the address on the public record
  1. Chapter 8 · Directors' residential addresses: protection from disclosure
  2. Protected information: restriction on ... disclosure by registrar

Section 242 | Protected information: restriction on ... disclosure by registrar

From legislation.gov.uk

(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 ... disclose protected information except—F1

(a)as permitted by section 243 (permitted ... disclosure by registrar), ...F1F2

(b)in accordance with section 244 (disclosure under court order) , orF3

(c)as permitted by section 1110F (general powers of disclosure by the registrar).F3

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in s. 242(3) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 97(2)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z39)

  2. F2

    Word in s. 242(3)(a) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 2(a); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

  3. F3

    S. 242(3)(c) and word inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 2(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)

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