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Companies Act 1993

Registrar of Companies - Other matters relating to Registrar's powers

367A: Confidentiality of director information

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“Keeping directors' birth details private”

When you become a director of a company, you need to provide some personal information. This includes your date of birth and where you were born. The Registrar, who is in charge of keeping records about companies, must keep this information private. They are not allowed to share it with anyone else.

Even if someone asks for this information using a law called the Official Information Act, the Registrar still can’t give it out. This law usually lets people ask for information from the government, but it doesn’t apply to your birth date and birthplace as a director.

In this part of the law, when they talk about “director information”, they are only talking about your date of birth and where you were born. The Registrar must keep these details confidential to protect your privacy.

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Part 20 Registrar of Companies
Other matters relating to Registrar's powers

367AConfidentiality of director information

  1. The Registrar must treat director information as confidential and must not make it available to a member of the public.

  2. The Official Information Act 1982 does not apply to director information.

  3. In this section, director information means a director's date and place of birth.

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Notes
  • Section 367A: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Companies Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 46).