Explanatory note

These Regulations allow individuals, such as company directors, to apply to the registrar of companies to protect certain personal information from being made available for public inspection on the register.

Part 2 makes provision as to what information individuals can require to be protected and what an application must include.

Part 3 amends the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/214). The amendments expand the grounds on which an individual can apply to require the registrar to refrain from disclosing their address to a credit reference agency, and allow any individual to apply to protect their usual residential address from public inspection.

Part 4 amends the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804) to apply the provisions in Part 2 and 3 of these Regulations to limited liability partnerships (“LLPs”).

Part 5 amends the Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436) to apply the provisions in Part 2 and 3 of these Regulations to unregistered companies.

Part 6 amends the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) to expand the grounds on which an individual can apply to require the registrar to refrain from disclosing their address to a credit reference agency and make other minor amendments.

Part 7 amends the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340) to apply the amendments made in Part 6 of these Regulations to LLPs.

Part 8 amends the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/694) (“the 2017 Regulations”) to make the same amendments in relation to eligible Scottish partnerships (see regulation 3 of the 2017 Regulations) as the amendments that are the made in Part 6 of these Regulations in relation to companies.

Part 9 amends the Community Interest Company Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1788) so that documents which previously required a signature will instead need to be authenticated by signature or printed name.

Part 10 amends the Companies (Reduction of Share Capital) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1915) so that solvency statements must be authenticated by signature or printed name.

Part 11 amends the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1801) to remove the requirement for directors to provide a business occupation.

A full Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.