The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024

Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015

6.—(1) The Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information(2)” in each place it occurs.

(3) In schedule 2 (conditions for permitted disclosure)—

(a) in paragraph 5 for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”;

(b) in paragraph 6—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (c)(i) substitute—

“(i) section 1112 (false statements: basic offence) or section 1112A (false statements: aggravated offence) of the Act or section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud by false representation);”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”;

(c) in paragraph 7—

(i) for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information” in each place it occurs;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (d)(i) substitute—

“(i) a person to whom the registrar could disclose information under section 1110F (disclosure by the registrar) of the Act; or”.

(d) in paragraph 8 for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”;

(e) in paragraph 9 for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”;

(f) in paragraph 11(2)(a) for “restricted DOB information” substitute “relevant date of birth information”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/1694.

(2)

The “relevant date of birth information” has the meaning given by section 1087A(5) of the Companies Act 2006, as inserted by section 52 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.