Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

24 [F1 Disclosure of protected information][F1 Consultation about regulations under section 23] U.K.

[F1 (1) The registrar must not disclose protected date of birth information or protected residential address information about a person unless—

(a) the same information about the person (whether in the same or a different capacity) is made available by the registrar for public inspection as a result of being contained in another description of document in relation to which no restriction under section 22 applies, or

(b) disclosure is permitted by subsection (2).

(2) The registrar may disclose protected date of birth information or residential address information to any person who—

(a) has functions of a public nature, and

(b) is specified for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

(a) specifying conditions for the disclosure of protected date of birth information or residential address information in accordance with this section, and

(b) providing for the charging of fees.

(4) This section does not apply to protected date of birth information, or protected residential address information, about a person in their capacity as a registrable beneficial owner or managing officer if an application under regulations made under section 25 has been granted in respect of that information and has not been revoked.

(5) In this section—

• “date of birth information” has the meaning given by section 22(3);

• “protected” has the meaning given by section 22(2);

• “residential address information” has the meaning given by section 22(3).

(6) Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.]

[F1 (1) The Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Ministers before making regulations under section 23 that contain provision that would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if contained in an Act of that Parliament.

(2) The Secretary of State must consult the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland before making regulations under section 23 that contain provision that—

(a) would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if contained in an Act of that Assembly, and

(b) would not, if contained in a Bill for an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly, result in the Bill requiring the consent of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 22-24 substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 167, 219(1)(2)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 24 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 69

I2 S. 24 in force at 1.8.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(g)

I3 S. 24 in force at 12.10.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(a)