Part 1: Companies House Reform Promoting the integrity of the register Section 85: Administrative removal of material from the register
This section amends and enhances the Registrar’s powers to remove material from the register by substituting section 1094 into the Companies Act 2006, along with inserting new sections 1094A and 1094B. The categories of material which may be removed are those which have been accepted despite not meeting proper delivery requirements, and those defined by the Companies Act 2006 as unnecessary material. The Registrar may take a unilateral decision to remove material or do so upon application.
	New section 1094A requires the Secretary of State to make regulations establishing the notice requirements that should apply where the Registrar has unilaterally exercised the power to remove material. The Secretary of State may also make regulations regarding the process to be followed for applications for removal and how such applications are to be determined. Regulations can confer a discretion on the Registrar and, in both cases, will be subject to the negative procedure.
	New section 1094B provides that a party with sufficient interest can apply to the court to make such consequential orders as the court thinks fit as to the legal effects of the inclusion of the material on the register or its removal. The circumstance in which such an order could be sought include where the Registrar has determined that anything purported to be delivered to the Registrar under any enactment was not in fact delivered under an enactment and therefore not form part of the register.
	Finally, the section provides that any removal application or related material shall not be available for public inspection, and it repeals sections 1095 and 1095A of the Companies Act 2006, both of which are rendered obsolete by the substitution of section 1094.