The Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/1694 |
| Year | 2015 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 10th October 2015.(2) In these Regulations— to a specified public authority where the conditions specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 are satisfied. (2) A specified public authority shall deliver to the registrar such information or evidence as the registrar may direct for the purpose of enabling the registrar to determine in accordance with these Regulations whether to disclose restricted DOB information to a specified public authority.(3) The registrar may require such information or evidence to be verified in such manner as the registrar may direct.(4) The specified public authority must inform the registrar immediately of any change in respect of any statement delivered to the registrar pursuant to Schedule 2 or information or evidence provided for the purpose of enabling the registrar to determine whether to disclose restricted DOB information.(5) The public authorities specified for the purposes of section 1087B(2) are set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.(1) The registrar may disclose restricted DOB information to a credit reference agency where the conditions specified in paragraphs 6 to 10 of Schedule 2 are satisfied.(2) The registrar may rely on a statement delivered to the registrar by a credit reference agency under paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it.(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) , a credit reference agency shall deliver to the registrar such information or evidence in addition to the statement required by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 as the registrar may direct for the purpose of enabling the registrar to determine in accordance with these Regulations whether to disclose restricted DOB information to a credit reference agency.(4) The registrar may require such information or evidence to be verified in such manner as the registrar may direct.(5) The credit reference agency must inform the registrar immediately of any change in respect of any statement delivered to the registrar pursuant to Schedule 2 or information or evidence provided for the purpose of enabling the registrar to determine whether to disclose restricted DOB information.The Secretary of State;the Minister for the Cabinet Office;any Northern Ireland Department;the Scottish Ministers;the Welsh Ministers;the Treasury;F22the Treasury Solicitor; the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;the Bank of England F26(including the Bank in its capacity as the Prudential Regulation Authority) ;the Director of Public Prosecutions;the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;the Serious Fraud Office;the Secret Intelligence Service;the Security Service;the Government Communications Headquarters;the Financial Conduct Authority;... the Competition and Markets Authority;the Pensions Regulator;the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers;the Regulator of Community Interest Companies;... the Office of the Information Commissioner;the Charity Commission;the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator;the Office of Communications;the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;the Gambling Commission;the National Crime Agency;the Health and Safety Executive;the Office for Nuclear Regulation;the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;the Food Standards Agency;F25the Gangmasters Labour and Abuse Authority the Security Industry Authority;a local authority within the meaning of section 54(2) of the Act;an official receiver appointed under section 399 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (appointment, etc., of official receivers) ; the Official Receiver for Northern Ireland;the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services;the Marine Management Organisation;a person acting as an insolvency practitioner within the meaning of section 388 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (meaning of “act as an insolvency practitioner”) or Article 3 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“act as an insolvency practitioner”) ; an inspector appointed under Part 14 of the 1985 Act (investigation of companies and their affairs: requisition of documents) or Part 15 of the 1986 Order or a person appointed under regulation 30 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001 (power to investigate) or regulation 22 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 ; any person authorised to exercise powers under section 447 of the 1985 Act (power to require documents and information) , or section 84 of the Companies Act 1989 (exercise of powers by officers, etc.) or Article 440 of the 1986 Order; any person exercising functions conferred by Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (official listing) ; a person appointed to make a report under section 166 or 166A (reports by skilled persons) of
- “the “Act” means the Companies Act 2006 and, unless the context otherwise requires, reference to a numbered section is a section so numbered in that Act;
- “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985
; - “the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
; - “specified public authority” means any public authority specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
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