{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-120",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-120.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/120",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120",
  "heading": "Information as to state of register and index",
  "text": "(1) When a person inspects the register, or the company provides him with a copy of the register or any part of it, the company must inform him of the most recent date (if any) on which alterations were made to the register and whether there are further alterations to be made.\n(2) When a person inspects the index of members' names, the company must inform him whether there is any alteration to the register that is not reflected in the index.\n(2A) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an alteration that relates to information that the company is required to refrain from disclosing by virtue of regulations under section 120A (protected material).\n(3) If a company fails to provide the information required under subsection (1) or (2), an offence is committed by—\n(a) the company, and\n(b) every officer of the company who is in default.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 120(1) substituted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 6; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, reg. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 120(2A) 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), ss. 48(5), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/120",
    "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."
}