{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1094",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1094.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1094",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1094",
  "heading": "Removal of material from the register",
  "text": "(1) The registrar may remove from the register anything that appears to the registrar to be—\n(a) a document, or material derived from a document, accepted under section 1073 (power to accept documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery), or\n(b) unnecessary material as defined by section 1074.\n(2) The power to remove material from the register under this section may be exercised—\n(a) on the registrar’s own motion, or\n(b) on an application made in accordance with regulations under section 1094A(2).\n(3) The registrar may exercise the power to remove from the register anything the registration of which had legal consequences only if satisfied that the interest of the company, or (if different) the applicant, in removing the material outweighs any interest of other persons in the material continuing to appear on the register.\n(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the registrar’s power to remove material from the register under this section following an application is limited to material of a description specified in the regulations.\n(5) Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1094-1094AB substituted for s. 1094 (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. 85(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 1093-1097 power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), ss. 8, 47(2); S.I. 2018/1161, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1094 modified by The European Public Limited Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), reg. 13(1B), Sch. 1A para. 4 (as inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), reg. 37) (as amended: (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 45(b)(c) (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (21.3.2024) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/410), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 1093-1098 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 67 (with reg. 60, Sch. 1 paras. 30, 31, 34, 35) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/618, reg. 5 (with reg. 8(4)); (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by S.I. 2015/664, reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(6) (with reg. 5(1)); (6.4.2016) by S.I. 2016/423, regs. 1(1), 21; (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2024/54, regs. 1(2)(a), 16; S.I. 2024/234, regs. 1(2), 37; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a); and (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1116, regs. 1(2), 4(4); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(g))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1094",
    "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."
}