Companies Act 2014 section 957A

Restriction of application of certain articles of Data Protection Regulation

Section 957A restricted the application of certain provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the context of company law enforcement, but has since been repealed.

• This section was introduced by the Data Protection Act 2018 (section 224) to limit certain GDPR rights in specific company law enforcement contexts.
• The purpose was to ensure that data protection rights could not be used to obstruct or undermine corporate enforcement investigations and related regulatory functions.
• The restriction applied to certain articles of the GDPR — typically those relating to data subject access rights and transparency obligations — where their exercise could compromise enforcement activities.
• Section 957A was repealed in its entirety by the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (section 3), meaning it no longer has legal effect.