UK: Government consultations: corporate directors; the companies register and registrar powers

As part of the Government's corporate transparency and register reform programme, three consultations were published last week: [1] information on the register; [2] the powers of the registrar; and [3] prohibiting corporate directors. With the third consultation paper, the Government has said that it intends to implement the framework within section 87 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 which provides for a prohibition, with certain exceptions, on corporate directors. The consultation seeks views on the scope of these exceptions.