Explanatory Notes

Companies Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 46

8 November 2006

Commentary

Chapter 8: Directors’ Residential Addresses: Protection from Disclosure

Section 241: Protected information: restriction on use or disclosure by company

451.This section provides for the protection that a company must give to the information covered by section 240. It prohibits the company from using or disclosing an individual director’s home address without his consent except for communicating with him, or to comply with an obligation to send information to the registrar or when required by a court.