116Rights to inspect and require copiesU.K.
(1)The register and the index of members' names must be open to the inspection—
(a)of any member of the company without charge, and
(b)of any other person on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
(2)Any person may require a copy of a company's register of members, or of any part of it, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
[F1(2A)Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to any restriction imposed by regulations under section 120A (protected material).]
(3)A person seeking to exercise either of the rights conferred by this section must make a request to the company to that effect.
(4)The request must contain the following information—
(a)in the case of an individual, his name and address;
(b)in the case of an organisation, the name and address of an individual responsible for making the request on behalf of the organisation;
(c)the purpose for which the information is to be used; and
(d)whether the information will be disclosed to any other person, and if so—
(i)where that person is an individual, his name and address,
(ii)where that person is an organisation, the name and address of an individual responsible for receiving the information on its behalf, and
(iii)the purpose for which the information is to be used by that person.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 116(2A) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 48(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z9)
Commencement Information
I1S. 116 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 116 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 116 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 116 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(b) (subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 and with savings in art. 12 and transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3 para. 1)