Section 811: Rights to inspect and require copy of entries

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 22: Information about interests in a company's shares

The register required to be kept under section 808 (register of interests disclosed), and any associated index, must be open to inspection by any person without charge.

Any person is entitled, on request and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, to be provided with a copy of any entry in the register.

A person seeking to exercise either of the rights conferred by this section must make a request to the company to that effect.

The request must contain the following information—

in the case of an individual, his name and address;
in the case of an organisation, the name and address of an individual responsible for making the request on behalf of the organisation;
the purpose for which the information is to be used; and
whether the information will be disclosed to any other person, and if so—
where that person is an individual, his name and address,
where that person is an organisation, the name and address of an individual responsible for receiving the information on its behalf, and
the purpose for which the information is to be used by that person.

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