{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-transparency-and-enforcement-act-2022/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-transparency-and-enforcement-act-2022/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/10",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-transparency-and-enforcement-act-2022",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Administrative 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 of the Companies Act 2006 (power to accept documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery), or\n(b) unnecessary material as defined by section 1074 of the Companies Act 2006.\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 28A(2).\n(3) 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(4) 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. 28, 28A substituted for s. 28 (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. 170(1)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z54)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 28 modified (1.8.2022) by The Register of Overseas Entities (Verification and Provision of Information) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/725), regs. 1(1), 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/10/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:22.170731+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."
}