{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-167K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-167K.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/167K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "167K",
  "heading": "Required information about a director: corporate directors and firms",
  "text": "(1) The required information about a director (or proposed director) that is a body corporate, or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed, is—\n(a) corporate or firm name;\n(b) principal office;\n(c) a service address (which may be stated as “The company’s registered office”);\n(d) in the case of a limited company that is a UK-registered company, the registered number;\n(e) in any other case, particulars of—\n(i) the legal form of the body corporate or firm and the law by which it is governed, and\n(ii) if applicable, the register in which it is entered (including details of the state) and its registration number in that register.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to change the required information about a director (or proposed director) of a description mentioned in subsection (1).\n(3) Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 167G-167L and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of ss. 167H, 167J, 167K for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force, except for the insertion of ss. 167G(3)(d)-(f)(4), 167K(1)(c)) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 167J-167N applied with modifications (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 6 (as substituted by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3), 3(3) (with regs. 5, 6) and as amended (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1116, regs. 1(2), 5(2); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(g))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 167G-167L applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025 for specified purposes) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 17A (as substituted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1033), regs. 1(2)(4)(e), 6(2) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)(i)(4) and as amended (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1116, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(b); 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/167K",
    "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."
}