{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-242",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-242.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/242",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "242",
  "heading": "Protected information: restriction on ... disclosure by registrar",
  "text": "(1) The registrar must omit protected information from the material on the register that is available for inspection where—\n(a) it is contained in a document delivered to him in which such information is required to be stated, and\n(b) in the case of a document having more than one part, it is contained in a part of the document in which such information is required to be stated.\n(2) The registrar is not obliged—\n(a) to check other documents or (as the case may be) other parts of the document to ensure the absence of protected information, or\n(b) to omit from the material that is available for public inspection anything registered before this Chapter comes into force.\n(3) The registrar must not ... disclose protected information except—\n(a) as permitted by section 243 (permitted ... disclosure by registrar), ...\n(b) in accordance with section 244 (disclosure under court order) , or\n(c) as permitted by section 1110F (general powers of disclosure by the registrar).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 242(3) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 97(2)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 242(3)(a) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 2(a); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 242(3)(c) and word 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), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 3 para. 2(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 242 heading omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 97(2)(b), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z39)"
    },
    {
      "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/242",
    "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."
}