Part 1: Companies House Reform Promoting the integrity of the register Section 82: Records relating to dissolved companies etc
This section amends section 1084 of the Companies Act 2006 (records relating to companies that have been dissolved etc.) and extends the provision to also apply in Scotland.
	Section 82(2) amends section 1084 to:
Insert in subsection (1) a definition of "relevant date" as the date on which the company was dissolved, the overseas company ceased to have that connection with the United Kingdom, or the institution ceased to be within section 1050.
After subsection (1) insert subsection (1A), which will allow the Registrar to refrain from making information contained in records relating to the company or institution available for public inspection after 20 years of the relevant date.
Substitute subsections (2) and (3), with new subsections (2), (2A) and (3). These allow the Registrar for England and Wales (and the Registrar for Northern Ireland) to remove records to the Public Records Office (of Northern Ireland) at any time after two years of the relevant date. Records disposed of under new subsection (2) and (2A) are to be disposed of under enactments relating to the Public Records Office (of Northern Ireland).
	Section 82(3) omits section 1087ZA (required particulars available for public inspection for limited period). Section 1087ZA required that dissolved records relating to People with Significant Control (PSC) were made available for public inspection for 10 years, rather than 20 years like all other records. The effect of this omission is that dissolved PSC records will now be kept for 20 years before being removed.