Ongoing compliance for law firms
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UK Act of Parliament
2023
United Kingdom
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
39 compliance obligations, 5 practical guides across 2 topics · 4 journeys
Penalty landscape
20 of 39 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 10 carry different penalties and 9 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Director or Officer 18
- Any Person 14
- Trader 3
- Responsible Person 1
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Step-by-step journeys using this legislation
Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.
Start a law firm in England and Wales
- 1 step
Respond to an SRA investigation
- 1 step
AML compliance for legal services
- 2 steps
Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Supporting — topic alignment
2 guidesOther Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Directors and Officers also bound by 221 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 73 duties
- Companies Act 2006 2006 57 duties
- Insolvency Act 1986 1986 44 duties
- CCBSA 2014 2014 21 duties
- CAICEA 2004 2004 16 duties
Any Person also bound by 742 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 83 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 82 duties
- Road Traffic (NI) Order 1995 1995 61 duties
Traders also bound by 218 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 1995 397 duties
- Companies Act 2006 2006 37 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 36 duties
- The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018 33 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 31 duties
Responsible Persons also bound by 56 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- MH(CT)(S)A 2003 2003 45 duties
- Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 2001 24 duties
- The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 1995 21 duties
- The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 1995 16 duties
- Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 2017 11 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — Companies etc
Direction to change name used for criminal purposes
Fine up to £1,000- Fail to change company name after a direction Director or Officer
Direction to change name wrongly registered
Fine up to £1,000- Fail to comply with a direction to change company name Director or Officer
Use of name suggesting connection with foreign governments etc
Fine up to £1,000- Use a company name suggesting foreign government connection Any Person
Use of name that a company has been required to change
Fine up to £1,000- Use a company name after being ordered to change it Director or Officer
Use of name that another company has been required to change
Fine up to £1,000- Use a name that another company must change Director or Officer
Registered office: appropriate address
Unlimited fine- Ensure your registered office and address are 'appropriate' Trader
- Fail to keep registered office at an appropriate address Director or Officer
Registered email addresses etc
Unlimited fine- Fail to maintain an appropriate registered email address Director or Officer
Registered email addresses: transitional provision
- Provide a registered email address in your next confirmation statement Trader
Disqualification of persons designated under sanctions legislation: GB
2 years imprisonment- Act as director while subject to sanctions Director or Officer
Disqualification of persons designated under sanctions legislation: NI
Unlimited fine- Act as director while subject to sanctions disqualification Director or Officer
Prohibition on director acting unless ID verified
Unlimited fine- Allow director to act without ID verification Director or Officer
Prohibition on acting unless directorship notified
Unlimited fine- Fail to notify Companies House of new director appointment Director or Officer
Register of members: information to be included and powers to obtain it
2 years imprisonment- Fail to provide required member information Any Person
Register of members: protecting information
Unlimited fine- Disclose protected member information in breach of regulation Director or Officer
Membership information: one-off statement
- Provide a one-off full list of members in your next confirmation statement Trader
Identity verification of persons with significant control
- Verify your identity if you are a Person with Significant Control (PSC) Responsible Person
Procedure etc for verifying identity
2 years imprisonment- Failure to keep identity verification records Any Person
Authorisation of corporate service providers
Unlimited fine- Fail to notify change of supervisory authority Director or Officer
Requirements for administrative restoration
Unlimited fine- Failure to pay outstanding fines before company restoration Director or Officer
Power to require additional information
2 years imprisonment- Fail to provide information to Companies House when required Any Person
Use or disclosure of directors’ address information by companies
Unlimited fine- Disclose directors' address information unlawfully Director or Officer
Use or disclosure of PSC information by companies
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with PSC information restriction Director or Officer
Registered addresses of an overseas company
Amended 1 timeOverseas companies: identity verification of directors
Amended 1 timeGeneral false statement offences
Unlimited fine Amended 2 times- Submit false or misleading information to Companies House Any Person
False statement offences: national security etc defence
Amended 2 timesFinancial penalties
Amended 2 timesRegistered office: rectification of register
Amended 2 timesRectification of register: service addresses
Amended 2 timesRectification of register: principal office addresses
Amended 2 timesService of documents on people with significant control
Amended 2 timesBrowse 77 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
The registrar’s objectives
Statement as to lawful purposes
Information about subscribers
Proposed officers: identity verification
Proposed officers: disqualification
Persons with initial significant control: disqualification
Persons with initial significant control: identity verification
Names for criminal purposes
Names suggesting connection with foreign governments etc
Names containing computer code
Prohibition on re-registering name following direction
Prohibition on using name that another company has been directed to change
Directions to change name: period for compliance
Requirements to change name: removal of old name from public inspection
Objections to company’s registered name
Misleading indication of activities
Registrar’s power to change names containing computer code
Registrar’s power to change company’s name for breach of direction
Sections 19 and 20: consequential amendments
Company names: exceptions based on national security etc
Use of name giving misleading indication of activities
Use of names: exceptions based on national security etc
Disqualification for persistent breaches of companies legislation: GB
Disqualification for persistent breaches of companies legislation: NI
Disqualification on summary conviction: GB
Disqualification on summary conviction: NI
Power to impose director disqualification sanctions
Section 36: application to other bodies
Section 38: application to other bodies
Disqualified directors
Section 40: amendments to clarify existing corresponding provisions
Repeal of power to require additional statements
Registrar’s power to change a director’s service address
Additional ground for rectifying the register of members
Register of members: removal of option to use central register
Abolition of local registers etc
Protection of date of birth information
Filing obligations of micro-entities
Filing obligations of small companies other than micro-entities
Sections 53 and 54: consequential amendments
Use or disclosure of profit and loss accounts for certain companies
Statements about exemption from audit requirements
Removal of option to abridge Companies Act accounts
Confirmation statements
Duty to confirm lawful purposes
Duty to notify a change in company’s principal business activities
Duty to deliver information about exemption from Part 21A
Confirmation statements: offences
Exemption from identity verification: national security grounds
Allocation of unique identifiers
Identity verification: material unavailable for public inspection
Registrar’s power to strike off company registered on false basis
Delivery of documents: identity verification etc
Disqualification from delivering documents
Proper delivery: requirements about who may deliver documents
Delivery of documents by electronic means
Delivery of order confirming reduction of share capital
Delivery of statutory declaration of solvency
Registrar’s rules requiring documents to be delivered together
Power to reject documents for inconsistencies
Informal correction of document
Preservation of original documents
Records relating to dissolved companies etc
Registrar’s notice to resolve inconsistencies
Administrative removal of material from the register
Rectification of the register under court order
Power to require businesses to report discrepancies
Inspection of the register: general
Copies of material on the register
Material not available for public inspection
Protecting information on the register
Analysis of information for the purposes of crime prevention or detection
Fees: costs that may be taken into account
Disclosure of information
Use of directors’ address information by registrar
Change of addresses of officers of overseas companies by registrar
Overseas companies: availability of material for public inspection etc
Part 2 — Partnerships
Meaning of “limited partnership”
Amended 1 timeRequired information about partners
Amended 1 timeRequired information about partners: transitional provision
Amended 1 time- Provide partner information to Companies House within 6 months
Details about general nature of partnership business
Amended 1 timeA limited partnership’s registered office
Amended 1 timeA limited partnership’s registered office: transitional provision
Amended 1 timeA limited partnership’s registered office: consequential amendments
Amended 1 timeA limited partnership’s registered email address
Amended 1 timeA limited partnership’s registered email address: transitional provision
Amended 1 timeRestrictions on general partners
Unlimited fine Amended 1 time- Fail to remove a disqualified general partner Any Person
Officers of general partners
Amended 1 timeOfficers of general partners: transitional provision
Amended 1 timeRemoval of option to authenticate application by signature
Amended 1 timeNotification of information about partners
Amended 1 timeNew partners: transitional provision about required information
Amended 1 timeNew general partners: transitional provision about officers
Amended 1 timeNotification of other changes
Amended 1 timeConfirmation statements
Amended 1 timeConfirmation statements: Scottish partnerships
Amended 1 timePower for HMRC to obtain accounts
2 years imprisonment Amended 1 time- Fail to provide accounts to HMRC on notice Director or Officer
Dissolution and winding up: modifications of general law
Amended 1 timeDissolution by the court when a partner has a mental disorder
Amended 1 timeWinding up limited partnerships on grounds of public interest
Amended 1 timeWinding up dissolved limited partnerships
Amended 1 timePower to make provision about winding up
Amended 1 timeWinding up of limited partnerships: concurrent proceedings
Unlimited fine Amended 1 time- Fail to notify court of concurrent winding‑up proceedings Director or Officer
Sequestration of limited partnerships: concurrent winding up proceedings
Amended 1 timeThe register of limited partnerships
Amended 2 timesMaterial not available for public inspection
Amended 1 timeOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Companies House must protect sensitive partnership information from the public Statutory regulator
Records relating to dissolved or deregistered limited partnerships
Amended 1 timeDisclosure of information about partners
Unlimited fine Amended 1 time- Protect partners' private residential addresses and dates of birth Any Person
- Use or disclose protected partner information Any Person
Duty to notify registrar of dissolution
Unlimited fine Amended 1 time- Fail to notify Companies House of limited partnership dissolution Any Person
Registrar’s power to confirm dissolution of limited partnership
Amended 1 timeRegistrar’s power to confirm dissolution: transitional provision
Amended 1 timeVoluntary deregistration of limited partnership
Amended 1 timeRemoval of limited partnership from index of names
Amended 1 timeDelivery of documents relating to limited partnerships
Amended 1 timeGeneral false statement offences
Unlimited fine Amended 1 time- Make false statement to Companies House (basic offence) Any Person
National security exemption from identity verification
Amended 2 timesService on a limited partnership
Amended 1 timeApplication of company law
Amended 1 timeApplication of Partnership Act 1890 (meaning of firm)
Amended 1 timeLimited partnerships: regulations
Amended 1 timeLimited partnerships: further amendments
Amended 1 timeRegistration of qualifying Scottish partnerships
Amended 1 timePower to amend disqualification legislation in relation to relevant entities: GB
Amended 1 timePower to amend disqualification legislation in relation to relevant entities: NI
Amended 2 timesPart 3 — Register of overseas entities
Register of overseas entities
Amended 2 timesRequired information about overseas entities: address information
Amended 2 timesRegistration of information about land
Amended 1 timeRegistration of information about trusts
Amended 1 timeRegistration of information about managing officers: age limits
Amended 1 timeRegistrable beneficial owners: cases involving trusts
Amended 2 timesRegistrable beneficial owners: nominees
Amended 2 timesInformation about changes in beneficiaries under trusts
Amended 1 time- Register changes in trust beneficiaries for overseas entities Any Person
Applications for removal
Amended 2 timesVerification of registrable beneficial owners and managing officers
Amended 1 timeMaterial unavailable for public inspection: verification information
Amended 1 timeMaterial unavailable for public inspection
Amended 2 timesProtection of information
Amended 1 timeResolving inconsistencies in the register
Amended 2 timesAdministrative removal of material from register
Amended 2 timesFalse statement offences in connection with information notices
Amended 2 timesGeneral false statement offences
Unlimited fine Amended 2 times- Make false statement to Companies House Any Person
Enforcement of requirement to register: updated language about penalties etc
Amended 2 timesOverseas entities: further information for transitional cases
Amended 1 timeFinancial penalties: interaction with offences
Amended 2 timesMeaning of “service address”
Amended 2 timesMeaning of “registered overseas entity” in land registration legislation
Amended 2 timesPower to apply Part 1 amendments to register of overseas entities
Amended 1 timePart 4 — Cryptoassets
Part 5 — Miscellaneous
Money laundering: exiting and paying away exemptions
Amended 1 timeMoney laundering: exemptions for mixed-property transactions
Amended 2 timesMoney laundering: offences of failing to disclose
Amended 1 timeMoney laundering: information orders
Amended 4 timesTerrorist financing: information orders
Amended 4 timesEnhanced due diligence: designation of high-risk countries
Amended 2 timesDirect disclosures of information: restrictions on civil liability
Amended 2 timesIndirect disclosure of information: restrictions on civil liability
Amended 4 timesMeaning of “privileged disclosure”
Amended 2 timesMeaning of “relevant actions”
Amended 2 timesMeaning of “business relationship”
Amended 2 timesOther defined terms in sections 188 to 191
Amended 2 timesStrategic litigation against public participation: requirement to make rules of court
Amended 2 timesMeaning of “SLAPP” claim
Amended 2 timesAttributing criminal liability for economic crimes to certain bodies
Amended 1 timePower to amend list of economic crimes
Amended 1 timeOffences under section 196 committed by partnerships
Amended 1 timeFailure to prevent fraud
Unlimited fine Amended 3 times- Fail to prevent fraud by associated persons Any Person
Fraud offences: supplementary
Amended 3 timesSection 199: large organisations
Amended 3 timesLarge organisations: parent undertakings
Amended 3 timesOffences under section 199 committed by partnerships
Amended 3 timesGuidance about preventing fraud offences
Amended 3 timesFailure to prevent fraud: minor definitions
Amended 3 timesFailure to prevent fraud: miscellaneous
Amended 3 timesLaw Society: powers to fine in cases relating to economic crime
Amended 2 timesScottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal: powers to fine in cases relating to economic crime
Amended 2 timesRegulators of legal services: objective relating to economic crime
Amended 2 timesApproved regulators: information powers relating to economic crime
Amended 2 timesSerious Fraud Office: pre-investigation powers
Amended 2 timesReports on payments to governments regulations: false statement offences etc
Unlimited fine Amended 2 times- Submit false or misleading information to the registrar Any Person
Reports on the implementation and operation of Parts 1 to 3
Amended 1 timeOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must report on the operation of economic crime measures Crown / Minister / Government department
Sanctions enforcement: monetary penalties
Amended 2 timesReport on costs orders for proceedings for civil recovery
Amended 2 timesPart 6 — General
Power to make consequential provision
Amended 1 timeRegulations
Amended 4 timesExtent
Amended 1 timeCommencement
Amended 1 timeTransitional provision
Amended 1 timeShort title
Amended 1 timeSchedules
Abolition of certain local registers
Unlimited fine- Fail to notify Companies House of director changes Director or Officer
Browse 220 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Disclosure of information: consequential amendments
Cryptoassets: confiscation orders
Cryptoassets: terrorism
Economic crime offences
Criminal liability of bodies: economic crimes
Failure to prevent fraud: fraud offences
Register of members: consequential amendments
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
In section 588 (liability of subsequent holders of shares), in...
In section 605 (liability of subsequent holders of shares), in...
In section 616 (interpretation of Chapter 7), in subsection (3),...
In section 655 (shares no bar to damages against company),...
In section 724 (Treasury shares), in subsection (4), omit the...
In section 770 (registration of transfer), omit subsection (3).
In section 771 (procedure on transfer being lodged), omit subsection...
In section 772 (transfer of shares on application of transferor)—...
In section 786 (provision enabling or requiring arrangements to be...
In section 853B (duties to notify a relevant event), omit...
In section 112 (the members of a company), omit subsection...
In section 853F (duty to deliver shareholder information: non-traded companies),...
In section 1028A (administrative restoration of company with share warrants),...
In section 1032A (restoration by court of company with share...
(1) Section 1081 (annotation of the register) is amended as...
In section 1136 (regulations about where certain company records to...
In Schedule 5 (communications by a company), in paragraph 16,...
(1) Section 127 (register to be evidence) is amended as...
In section 129 (overseas branch registers), omit subsection (6).
In section 286 (votes of joint holders of shares), in...
In section 311 (contents of notices of meetings), in subsection...
In section 360B (traded companies: requirements for participating in and...
In section 554 (registration of allotment), omit subsection (2A).
In section 558 (when shares are allotted), omit the words...
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
After section 790C insert— References to “confirmation” etc of information...
For sections 790G and 790H substitute— Duty to notify company...
In section 790I (enforcement of disclosure requirements), for the words...
After section 790I insert— Power to impose further duties Power...
In section 790J (power to make exemptions)—
(1) Section 790K (required particulars) is amended as follows.
In section 790L (required particulars: power to amend), for subsection...
After section 790L insert— CHAPTER 2A Duty to notify registrar...
Omit Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 21A (company registers...
Omit— (a) sections 161A to 167F (register of directors etc);...
(1) Schedule 1B (enforcement of disclosure requirements in relation to...
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 12 (statement of proposed officers) is amended as...
In section 12A (statement of initial significant control), for subsection...
(1) Section 95 (statement of proposed secretary) is amended as...
(1) Section 156 (direction requiring company to make appointment of...
In section 156B (power to provide for exceptions from requirement...
In section 156C (existing director who is not a natural...
In section 853B (duties to notify a relevant event)—
In section 1079B (duty to notify directors), in subsections (1)(b)...
(1) Before section 168 (and before the italic heading before...
In section 1136 (regulations about where certain company records to...
In paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 (communications by a company)—...
In Schedule 8 (index of defined expressions), omit the entries...
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
Omit sections 274A to 279F (register of secretaries etc) (including...
Before section 280 insert— Notification of information about secretaries Duty...
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
In section 790A (overview of Part)— (a) in paragraph (b),...
In section 790C (key terms), omit subsection (10).
Companies Act 2006
In section 242 (protected information: restriction on disclosure by registrar),...
(1) Section 243 (permitted disclosure by the registrar) is amended...
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022
In section 40 (sharing of information by HMRC), in subsection...
In section 44 (interpretation), in subsection (1), at the end...
Required information
Limited partnerships: consequential amendments
The Limited Partnerships Act 1907 is amended as follows.
Before section 1 (short title) insert— Short title and interpretation...
Before section 4 (definition and constitution of limited partnership) insert—...
Before section 6 (modifications of general law in case of...
Before section 8 (duty to register and designate) insert— Registration...
Before section 15 (the registrar) insert— The registrar .
Duty to deliver information about changes in beneficiaries
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 is amended...
(1) Section 7 (updating duty) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 9 (application for removal) is amended as follows....
For section 12 substitute— Duty to take steps to obtain...
In section 13, at the end insert—
After section 17 insert— Exceptions to duty to provide change...
In section 43 (transitional information), after subsection (1) insert—
In section 44 (interpretation), omit subsection (2).
Overseas entities: further information for transitional cases
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 is amended...
In section 16 (verification of registrable beneficial owners and managing...
After section 43 insert— Duty to deliver further information for...
After Schedule 5 insert— SCHEDULE 6 Duty to deliver further...
Introductory
(1) Section 51 (powers of enforcement receiver) is amended as...
(1) Section 67 (seized money) is amended as follows.
After section 67 insert— Cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which—
After section 67A insert— Destruction of seized cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which are held by...
(1) Section 67C (sections 67A and 67B: appeals) is amended...
In section 67D (proceeds of realisation), in subsection (1)(b), after...
For the italic heading before section 67, substitute “Enforcement: money,...
In section 69 (powers of court and receiver etc), after...
Interpretation and miscellaneous provision
Introductory
Seizure of property
Seizure of property
(1) Section 127C (power to seize property) is amended as...
In section 127Q (release of property), in subsection (3)(b), at...
Detention and release of property
In section 127L (further detention pending variation of restraint order),...
(1) Section 127M (further detention in other cases) is amended...
In section 127Q (release of property), after subsection (5) insert—...
Property held by persons subject to confiscation orders: destruction, realisation etc
(1) Section 131ZA (seized money) is amended as follows.
After section 131ZA insert— Cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which—
(1) Section 47C (power to seize property) is amended as...
After section 131A insert— Destruction of seized cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which are held by...
(1) Section 131C (sections 131A and 131B: appeals) is amended...
In section 131D (proceeds of realisation), in subsection (1)(b), after...
For the italic heading before section 131ZA, substitute “Enforcement: money,...
Omit the italic heading before section 131A.
In section 132 (powers of court and administrator etc), after...
Interpretation and miscellaneous provision
Introductory
Seizure of property
(1) Section 195C (power to seize property) is amended as...
In section 47R (release of property), in subsection (3)(b), at...
In section 195R (release of property), in subsection (3)(b), at...
Detention and release of property
In section 195L (further detention pending variation of restraint order),...
(1) Section 195M (further detention in other cases) is amended...
In section 195R (release of property), after subsection (5) insert—...
Property held by persons subject to confiscation orders: destruction, realisation etc
(1) Section 199 (powers of enforcement receiver) is amended as...
(1) Section 215 (seized money) is amended as follows.
After section 215 insert— Cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which—
After section 215A insert— Destruction of seized cryptoassets (1) This section applies to cryptoassets which are held by...
Detention and release of property
(1) Section 215C (sections 215A and 215B: appeals) is amended...
In section 215D (proceeds of realisation), in subsection (1)(b), after...
For the italic heading before section 215, substitute “Enforcement: money,...
In section 217 (powers of court and receiver etc), after...
Interpretation and miscellaneous provision
(1) Section 459 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 47L (further detention pending variation of restraint order),...
(1) Section 47M (further detention in other cases) is amended...
In section 47R (release of property), after subsection (5) insert—...
Property held by persons subject to confiscation orders: destruction, realisation etc
Cryptoassets: civil recovery
In Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 441 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 450 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 453A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 453B of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 453C of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
(1) Section 459 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
Amendments to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
Amendments to the UK Borders Act 2007
Amendments to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
(1) Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
(1) Part 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
(1) Part 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
(1) Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 316(1) (general interpretation)— (a) in the definition of...
(1) Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
In section 438 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
Schedule 1 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001...
After Part 4B insert— PART 4BA Seizure and detention of...
In Part 1, in paragraph 1(1) (terrorist cash), for “and...
In Part 4B (forfeiture of terrorist money held in bank...
In Part 6, in paragraph 19(1), at the appropriate places...
The Terrorism Act 2000 is amended as follows.
In Schedule 6 (financial information)— (a) in paragraph 6(1) (meaning...
In section 123 (orders and regulations), after subsection (6ZE) insert—...
Common law offences
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under section 49 of the Criminal Justice and...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under section 45 or 46 of the Criminal...
An offence under regulation 86 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist...
Conspiracy to defraud.
An offence under regulations made under section 49 of the...
An offence under section 199 of this Act (failure to...
(1) An offence under an instrument made under section 2(2)...
In Scotland, the following offences at common law—
Statutory offences
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (forgery,...
An offence under section 72 of the Value Added Tax...
An offence under section 46A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation)...
Common law offences
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under section 993 of the Companies Act 2006...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under section 49 of the Criminal Justice and...
An offence under any of the following sections of the...
An offence under regulation 86 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist...
An offence under regulations made under section 49 of the...
Conspiracy to defraud.
(1) An offence under an instrument made under section 2(2)...
In Scotland, the following offences at common law—
Statutory offences
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (forgery,...
An offence under section 72 of the Value Added Tax...
An offence under section 46A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation)...
Common law offences
In Scotland, the following offences at common law—
Statutory offences
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 993 of the Companies Act 2006...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Fraud | FCA (opens in a new tab) from FCA Detailed Guidance
- SRA | Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs) - Warning Notice (opens in a new tab) from SRA Detailed Guidance
- Bribery Act 2010: guidance for commercial organisations (opens in a new tab) Publication
- Failure to prevent fraud: Home Office guidance (opens in a new tab) Publication
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Companies House
PrimaryRegistration and regulation of UK companies. Maintains the public register of companies, enforces filing requirements for annual accounts and confirmation statements. Gateway …
Financial Reporting Council
Regulates auditors, accountants, and actuaries. Sets UK Corporate Governance Code and Stewardship Code. Monitors corporate reporting and audit quality. Planned to become …
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Regulates solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. Sets standards, authorises firms, investigates misconduct, and can impose sanctions including fines and …
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