(1) This section applies where -
(b) an overseas company ceases to have any connection with the United Kingdom by virtue of which it is required to register particulars under section 1046, or
(c) a credit or financial institution ceases to be within section 1050 (overseas institutions required to file accounts with the registrar),
and a reference in this section to "the relevant date" is to the date on which the company was dissolved, the overseas company ceased to have that connection with the United Kingdom or the institution ceased to be within section 1050.
(1A) The registrar need not make any information contained in records relating to the company or institution available for public inspection at any time after the end of the period of 20 years beginning with the relevant date.
The registrar of companies for England and Wales may, at any time after the period of two years beginning with the relevant date, direct that any records relating to the com
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