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Economic crime regulations issued

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations SI 2025/349 bring certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) into force on 18 March 2025 and 1 September 2025. They also revoke the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/1108 and amend the Register of Overseas Entities (Annotation and Removal) Regulations SI 2024/53.

The provisions of ECCTA 2023 which come into force on 18 March 2025 are as follows:

  • s 65 (procedure etc. for verifying identity) and s 66 (authorisation of corporate service providers) so far as not already in force;
  • s 68 (allocation of unique identifiers) so far as not already in force;
  • s 70 (registrar’s power to strike off company registered on false basis); and
  • s 136(2) (the register of limited partnerships).

ECCTA 2023 ss 199–206 and Sch 13 (failure to prevent fraud) come into...

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