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Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10)
Introductory Text
Part 1 Registration of overseas entities (ss. 1-44)
Introduction (ss. 1-2)
1. Overview
2. Definition of "overseas entity" etc
The register and registration (ss. 3-6)
3. Register of overseas entities
4. Application for registration
5. Registration and allocation of overseas entity ID
6. Notice of registration
Updating (ss. 7-8)
7. Updating duty
8. Failure to comply with updating duty
Removal (ss. 9-11)
9. Application for removal
10. Processing of application under section 9
11. Transfer of documents to Public Record Office
Obtaining, updating and verifiying information (ss. 12-16)
12. Duty to take steps to obtain information
13. Additional powers to obtain information
14. Sections 12 and 13: supplementary
15. Failure to comply with notice under section 12 or 13
15A False statements under section 12 or 13: basic offence
15B False statements under section 12 or 13: aggravated offence
16. Verification of registrable beneficial owners and managing officers
Exemptions (ss. 17-18)
17. Power to modify application process etc in certain cases
17A. Exceptions to duty to provide change of beneficiary information
18. Exemptions
Language requirement (s. 19)
19. Documents to be in English
Annotation of the register (s. 20)
20. Annotation of the register
Inspection of the register and protection of information (ss. 21-26)
21. Inspection and copies of register
22. Material unavailable for inspection
23. Disclosure of protected information
24. Consultation about regulations under section 23
25. Power to make regulations protecting material
26. Data protection
Correction or removal of material on the register (ss. 27-31)
27. Resolving inconsistencies
28. Administrative removal of material from the register
28A Further provision about removal of material from the register
29. Application to rectify register
29A.
30. Court order to rectify register
31. Court powers on ordering removal of material from the register
False statements (ss. 32-32A)
32. False statements: basic offence
32A. False statements: aggravated offence
Land ownership and transactions (ss. 33-34)
33. Land ownership and transactions
34. Power to require overseas entity to register if it owns certain land
Supplementary provision about offences (ss. 35-38)
35. Liability of officers in default
36. Meaning of "daily default fine"
37. Consent required for prosecutions
38. Further provision about proceedings
Financial penalties (s. 39)
39. Financial penalties
Sharing of information by HMRC (s. 40)
40. Sharing of information by HMRC
Transitional provision (ss. 41-43)
41. Applications in the transitional period: information about land transactions
42. Requirement for certain unregistered overseas entities to provide information
43. Section 42: supplementary
43A. Duty to deliver further information for transitional cases
Interpretation (s. 44)
44. Interpretation
Part 2 Unexplained wealth orders (ss. 45-53)
45. Imposition of unexplained wealth orders on officers etc of property holder: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
46. Imposition of unexplained wealth orders on officers etc of property holder: Scotland
47. Alternative test to the income requirement: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
48. Alternative test to the income requirement: Scotland
49. Power to extend period for which interim freezing order has effect: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
50. Power to extend period for which interim freezing order has effect: Scotland
51. Annual reports on use of unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales
52. Limits on costs orders in relation to unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
53. Limits on expenses orders in relation to unexplained wealth orders: Scotland
Part 3 Sanctions (ss. 54-66)
Chapter 1 Monetary penalties (ss. 54-56)
54. Imposition of monetary penalties
55. Procedural rights
56. Reporting on breach of financial sanctions
Chapter 2 Imposition of sanctions etc (ss. 57-66)
Sanctions regulations (s. 57)
57. Streamlining process of making sanctions regulations
Designation (ss. 58-61)
58. Urgent designation of persons by name
59. Urgent designation of persons by description
60. Specified ships
61. Existing sanctions regulations
Reviews and reports (ss. 62-64)
62. Removal of reviews
63. Removal of reporting requirements
64. Court reviews: restrictions regarding damages
Miscellaneous (ss. 65-66)
65. Sharing of information
66. Consequential provision
Part 4 General (ss. 67-70)
67. Regulations
68. Extent
69. Commencement
70. Short title
Schedule 1 Applications: required information
Schedule 1, Part 1 Introduction (para. 1)
Schedule 1, Part 2 Overseas entities (para. 2)
Schedule 1, Part 3 Registrable beneficial owners (paras. 3-5)
Schedule 1, Part 4 Managing officers (paras. 6-7)
Schedule 1, Part 5 Trusts (para. 8)
Schedule 1, Part 6 Powers to make further provision under this Schedule (paras. 9-10)
Schedule 2 Registrable beneficial owners
Schedule 2, Part 1 Meaning of "registrable beneficial owner" (paras. 1-4)
Schedule 2, Part 2 Meaning of "beneficial owner" (paras. 5-6A)
Schedule 2, Part 3 Meaning of "subject to its own disclosure requirements" (para. 7)
Schedule 2, Part 4 Beneficial owners exempt from registration (paras. 8-9)
Schedule 2, Part 5 Supplementary provision about interpretation of Schedule (paras. 10-24)
Schedule 2, Part 6 Powers to amend this Schedule (paras. 24A-25)
Schedule 3 Land ownership and transactions: England and Wales
Schedule 3, Part 1 Amendments to Land Registration Act 2002 (paras. 1-4)
Schedule 3, Part 2 Transition: qualifying estates registered pre-commencement (paras. 5-7)
Schedule 4 Land ownership and transactions: Scotland
Schedule 4, Part 1 Amendments (paras. 1-9)
Schedule 4, Part 2 Transition: deeds registered pre-commencement (paras. 10-13)
Schedule 4, Part 3 Power to make further provision (para. 14)
Schedule 5 Land ownership and transactions: Northern Ireland
Schedule 6 Duty to deliver further information for transitional cases
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