The Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2008

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

3. PART 2 DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED INFORMATION

   1. 2. Permitted disclosure by the registrar to specified public authorities

   2. 3. Permitted disclosure by the registrar to credit reference agencies

   3. 4. Registrar to refrain from disclosure of protected information

   4. 5. Application under section 243 by an individual

   5. 6. Application under section 243 by a company

   6. 7. Application under section 243 by a subscriber to a memorandum of association

   7. 8. Matters relating to a section 243 application

4. PART 3 APPLICATION TO MAKE AN ADDRESS UNAVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UNDER SECTION 1088

   1. 9. Application under section 1088 to make an address unavailable for public inspection by an individual

   2. 10. Application under section 1088 to make an address unavailable for public inspection by a company

   3. 11. Application under section 1088 to make an address unavailable for public inspection by a person who registers a charge

   4. 12. Matters relevant to section 1088 applications

   5. 13. Effect of a successful section 1088 application

5. PART 4 MATTERS RELATING TO APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 243 AND UNDER SECTION 1088

   1. 14. Appeals

   2. 15. Duration of a section 243 decision or a section 1088 decision

   3. 16. Revocation of a section 243 decision or a section 1088 decision

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      SPECIFIED PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

      1. The Secretary of State;

      2. any Northern Ireland Department;

      3. the Scottish Ministers;

      4. the Welsh Ministers;

      5. the Treasury;

      6. the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

      7. the Bank of England;

      8. the Director of Public Prosecutions;

      9. the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;

      10. the Serious Fraud Office;

      11. the Secret Intelligence Service;

      12. the Security Service;

      13. the Government Communications Headquarters;

      14. the Financial Services Authority;

      15. the Competition Commission;

      16. the Pensions Regulator;

      17. the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers;

      18. the Regulator of Community Interest Companies;

      19. the Registrar of Credit Unions for Northern Ireland;

      20. the Office of Fair Trading;

      21. the Office of the Information Commissioner;

      22. the Charity Commission;

      23. the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;

      24. the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator;

      25. the Postal Services Commission;

      26. the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

      27. the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;

      28. the Gambling Commission;

      29. the Serious Organised Crime Agency;

      30. the Health and Safety Executive;

      31. the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;

      32. the Food Standards Agency;

      33. the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;

      34. the Security Industry Authority;

      35. a local authority within the meaning of section 54(2) of...

      36. an official receiver appointed under section 399 of the Insolvency...

      37. the Official Receiver for Northern Ireland;

      38. the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services;

      39. a person acting as an insolvency practitioner within the meaning...

      40. an inspector appointed under Part 14 of the 1985 Act...

      41. any person authorised to exercise powers under section 447 of...

      42. any person exercising functions conferred by Part 6 of the...

      43. a person appointed to make a report under section 166...

      44. a person appointed to conduct an investigation under section 167...

      45. an inspector appointed under section 284 (power to investigate) of...

      46. an overseas regulatory authority within the meaning of section 82...

      47. a police force.

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONDITIONS FOR PERMITTED DISCLOSURE

      1. PART 1 Disclosure to specified public authorities

         1. 1. Paragraphs 2 and 3 set out the conditions specified for...

         2. 2. The specified public authority has delivered to the registrar a...

         3. 3. Subject to paragraph 4, the specified public authority (“the authority”)...

         4. 4. Paragraph 3 does not apply where the specified public authority...

      2. PART 2 Disclosure to a credit reference agency

         1. 5. Paragraphs 6 to 10 set out the conditions specified for...

         2. 6. The credit reference agency— (a) is carrying on in the...

         3. 7. The credit reference agency has delivered to the registrar a...

         4. 8. The credit reference agency has delivered to the registrar a...

         5. 9. The credit reference agency has delivered to the registrar a...

         6. 10. The credit reference agency has delivered to the registrar a...

      3. PART 3 Interpretation of this Schedule

         1. 11. (1) In this Schedule— “processor” means any person who provides...

8. Explanatory Note