Explanatory Notes

Companies Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 46

8 November 2006

Commentary

Chapter 8: Directors’ Residential Addresses: Protection from Disclosure

Section 245: Circumstances in which registrar may put address on the public record.

455.This section provides that if a service address is not effective, then the home address can be put on the public record. It provides for the registrar to send a warning notice, with a specified period for representations before the intended action, both to the director and to every company of which he is a director. The registrar must take account of any representations made within the specified period in deciding whether to proceed as provided by the next section.