http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/26/section/101Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015An Act to make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-11Expert Participation2026-05-18 PART 8 1011In Part 35 of the Companies Act 2006 (the registrar of companies), after section 1079A insert—1079B1This section applies whenever the registrar registers either of the following documents—athe statement of proposed officers required on formation of a company, orbnotice under section 167 or 167D of a person having become a director of a company.2As soon as reasonably practicable after registering the document, the registrar must notify—ain the case of a statement of proposed officers, the person or each person named in the statement as a director of the company, orbin the case of a notice under section 167 or 167D, the person named in the document as having become a director of the company.3The notice must—astate that the person is named in the document as a director of the company, andbinclude such information relating to the office and duties of a director (or such details of where information of that sort can be found) as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct the registrar to include.4The notice may be sent in hard copy or electronic form to any address for the person that the registrar has received from either the subscribers or the company.2The amendment made by this section does not apply if the statement of proposed officers or notice under section 167 or 167D of the Companies Act 2006 was received by the registrar before this section comes into force.S. 101 in force at 10.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 4(b)