{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-241",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-241.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/241",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "241",
  "heading": "Protected information: restriction on use or disclosure by company",
  "text": "(1) A company must not use or disclose protected information about any of its directors, except—\n(a) for communicating with the director concerned,\n(b) in order to comply with any requirement of the Companies Acts as to particulars to be sent to the registrar, or\n(c) in accordance with section 244 (disclosure under court order).\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any use or disclosure of protected information with the consent of the director concerned.\n(3) If a company uses or discloses information in contravention of subsection (1), 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—\n(a) in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 241(3)(4) 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. 95, 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 240-246 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 19 (with Sch. 1 paras. 8-10, 34, 35) (as amended: (6.4.2016) by S.I. 2016/340, reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4; (30.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/599, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4); (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2024/234, regs. 1(2), 20(4)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a); (27.1.2025) by S.I. 2024/1377, regs. 1(2), 7; and (21.7.2025) by S.I. 2025/874, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 240-246 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 7 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2) (as amended (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. 5(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/241",
    "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."
}