{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1083",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1083.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1083",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1083",
  "heading": "Preservation of original documents",
  "text": "(1) The originals of documents delivered to the registrar in hard copy form must be kept for two years after they are received by the registrar, after which they may be destroyed provided the information contained in them has been recorded.\nThis is subject to section 1087(3) (extent of obligation to retain material not available for public inspection). This is subject to—\n(a) section 1087(3) (extent of obligation to retain material not available for public inspection);\n(b) section 16A(2) of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (extent of obligation to retain material not available for public inspection);\n(c) section 22(5) of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (extent of obligation to retain material not available for public inspection).\n(2) The registrar is under no obligation to keep the originals of documents delivered in electronic form, provided the information contained in them has been recorded.\n(3) This section applies to documents held by the registrar when this section comes into force as well as to documents subsequently received.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1083(1) substituted (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), ss. 81, 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1083(1)(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 1083(1) substituted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 137(2), 219(1)(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1083 applied (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 60, 83, Sch. 1 para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1083 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), {regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(e)} (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1083",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}