Part 3 – Register of Overseas Entities Inspection of the register and protection of information Section 170: Administrative removal of material from register
This section substitutes section 28 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 with two new sections, 28 and 28A, which enhance the Registrar’s powers to remove material from the register of overseas entities. It maintains consistency between this Act and changes made to the corresponding provisions in the Companies Act 2006.
	Section 28 gives the Registrar the power to remove material from the register where it was accepted onto the register but has not met proper delivery requirements under section 1073 of the Companies Act 2006. It also provides the power for the Registrar to remove unnecessary material as defined by section 1074 of the Companies Act 2006.
	The Registrar may exercise these powers both on their own motion or when an application is received that has been made under the regulations made under section 28A(2).
	Section 28A requires the Secretary of State to make regulations about the notice requirements where material is removed from the register under section 28 on the Registrar’s own motion.
	It also requires the Secretary of State to make regulations about the making and determination of applications to remove material under section 28. The regulations may include provision about who may make an application, what must be provided to the Registrar, how to object to an application, and how an application is to be determined, including what evidence may be relied upon by the Registrar to satisfy the test in section 28(1) (material that does not meet the proper delivery requirements). Regulations made under this section may confer a discretion on the Registrar.
	Section 28 also makes provision to revoke sections 29 and 29A of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (application to rectify register and resolution of discrepancies). This is because the powers provided in sections 28 and 28A are sufficient for the purposes of sections 29 and 29A.