The Register of Overseas Entities (Annotation and Removal) Regulations 2024

Removal of material on application

5.—(1) An application for removal of material from the register can be made by any person.

(2) An application for removal must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) contain the required information about the applicant (see paragraph (4));

(c) specify the material which the applicant wants the registrar to remove from the register (“the specified material”) and where in the register the specified material is;

(d) specify which, if any, of the specified material is, in the applicant’s view, within each of the following provisions of the 2022 Act—

(i) section 28(1)(a);

(ii) section 28(1)(b), and

(e) explain the basis for that view.

(3) An application for removal must be accompanied by any information in writing which the applicant wishes to rely on.

(4) The “required information about the applicant” means—

(a) name;

(b) address;

(c) email address, and

(d) a description of any current or past connection the applicant has or had with the registered overseas entity.