# The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016, Regulation 34: Circumstances where the registrar must not use or disclose secured information


(A1) This regulation applies where the disclosure relates to the information as it appears on the register in respect of the company mentioned in an application made under regulation 36, 37 or 38, as applicable.
(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the registrar must not ... disclose secured information if in relation to that information an application has been made under regulation 36, 37 or 38—
(a) which has not yet been determined by the registrar and has not been withdrawn under regulation 40;
(b) which has been determined by the registrar in favour of the applicant (but see paragraph (2));
(c) which was unsuccessful and a period of 42 days beginning with the date of the notice sent under regulation 36(5), 37(5) or 38(5) has not passed;
(d) which was unsuccessful and an appeal to the court in respect of that application under regulation 41 has not been determined by the court; or
(e) which was unsuccessful and the applicant has successfully appealed the determination.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where the determination has ceased to have effect under regulation 43.
(3) Where the prohibition in paragraph (1) applies in relation to secured information, the registrar may—
(a) use or disclose that secured information for communicating with the person to whom the application under regulation 36, 37 or 38 relates and, if different, the applicant; ...
(b) ... ; and
(c) disclose such of the secured information as is specified in paragraph (3A) to a credit institution or a financial institution which satisfies the conditions specified in Part 2A of Schedule 4 , and;
(d) disclose the secured information in accordance with section 1110F (disclosure by the registrar) of the Act.
(3A) The information specified for disclosure under paragraph (3)(c) is—
(a) name,
(b) a service address,
(c) the country or state (or part of the United Kingdom) in which the individual is usually resident,
(d) nationality,
(e) month and year of birth,
(f) the date on which the individual became a registrable person in relation to the company in question, and
(g) the nature of his or her control over that company (see Schedule 1A to the Act and regulation 7 of, and Schedule 2 to, these Regulations).
(3B) The registrar may rely on a statement delivered to the registrar by a credit institution or a financial institution under Part 2A of Schedule 4 as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation an application under regulation 36, 37 or 38 is made when it has been registered by the registrar.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/339/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016/regulation-34
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