Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

86Rectification of the register under court orderU.K.

(1)Section 1096 of the Companies Act 2006 (rectification of the register under court order) is amended as follows.

(2)For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)The court may make an order for the removal from the register of anything the registration of which had legal consequences only if satisfied that the interest of the company, or (if different) the applicant, in removing the material outweighs any interest of other persons in the material continuing to appear on the register.”

(3)After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A)This section does not apply to any material delivered to the registrar under Part 15.”

(4)In subsection (6), omit paragraph (a) and the “or” at the end of that paragraph.