{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1801",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The credit reference agency—\n(a) is carrying on in the United Kingdom ... a business comprising the furnishing of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose;\n(b) maintains appropriate procedures—\n(i) to ensure that an independent person can investigate and audit the measures maintained by the agency for the purposes of ensuring the security of any protected information disclosed to that agency; and\n(ii) for the purposes of ensuring that it complies with its obligations under the data protection legislation (as defined in section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018);\n(c) has not been found guilty of an offence under—\n(i) section 1112 (false statements: basic offence) or section 1112A (false statements: aggravated offence) of the Companies Act 2006 or section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud by false representation); ...\n(ii) section 47 (failure to comply with enforcement notice) of the Data Protection Act 1998 in circumstances where it has used the protected information for purposes other than those described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 7 below ; or\n(iii) section 144 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (false statements made in response to an information notice) or section 148 of that Act (destroying or falsifying information and documents etc) or section 148C of that Act (false statements made in response to interview notices);\n(d) has not been given a penalty notice under section 155 of the Data Protection Act 2018 in circumstances described in paragraph (c)(ii), other than a penalty notice that has been cancelled.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 6(1) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 340(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(i) (with Sch. 4 para. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 20); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(b)(ii) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 340(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(ii) (with Sch. 4 para. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 20); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(c)(i) substituted (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. 4(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(c)(i) omitted (25.5.2018) by virtue of Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 340(4)(a) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(c)(iii) and word inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 340(4)(b) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(c)(iii) inserted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(2), 11; S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(s)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(d) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 340(5) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(iii) (with Sch. 4 para. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 20); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2006 c.35."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2025/1331",
      "affecting_title": "The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1801/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:25.534787+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."
}