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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

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2025 No. 1037

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

Made18th September 2025
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7A(1)(a) and (3) and 38(1)(b) of the Limited Partnerships Act 19071, sections 1082(1) and (2)(c)(i), 1088(2)(a), 1098C(5)(a) and 1110F(1)(c) of the Companies Act 20062, sections 49(1)(a) and (b) and 54(2)(a) of, and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2 to, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 20183 and sections 153(1)(c) and 216(1) and (2)(a) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 20234.
In accordance with sections 7A(5) and 38(3) of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, sections 1082(5), 1088(10), 1098C(6), 1110F(2) and 1290 of the Companies Act 2006, section 55(5)(d) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and section 217(5)(c) and (i) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Part 1 Introductory

I21 Citation, commencement and extent

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025.
2 These Regulations come into force on 18th November 2025 (at the same time as section 43 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (prohibition on director acting unless ID verified) came into force).
3 These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

I122 Interpretation

In these Regulations “the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006.

Part 2 Amendments to legislation

I133 Amendments to primary legislation

Schedule 1 contains amendments to primary legislation.

I144 Amendments to secondary legislation

Schedule 2 contains amendments to secondary legislation.

Part 3 Identity verification statements unavailable for inspection

I155 Making existing director identity verification statements unavailable for inspection

The registrar5 must not make available for public inspection any statement that is delivered to the registrar in accordance with any requirements imposed by regulations made under section 4(3)(a) of, or section 220(1) and paragraph 3(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (identity verification of directors).

I166 Making identity verification statements of protected individuals unavailable for inspection

1 The registrar must not make available for public inspection any statement that is delivered to the registrar in accordance with regulation 10 of the Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 20256, where the individual to which the statement relates is a protected individual.
2 In this regulation—
  • “protected individual” means an individual in respect of whom the registrar is required to omit secured information from the material on the register under regulation 33 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 20167;
  • “secured information” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016.

Schedules

Schedule 1 

Amendments to primary legislation

Regulation 3

I11 Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004

1 The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 20048 is amended as follows.
2 In section 45 (appointment of director)—
a in subsection (8), for “section 167(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2006 (requirement that company notify change among directors to registrar)” substitute “section 167G(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (duty to notify registrar of change in directors)”;
b in subsection (9), for “section 167(1)(a)” substitute “section 167G(6)”.
3 In section 46(12) (removal of director) for “section 167(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2006 (requirement that company notify change among directors to registrar)” substitute “section 167G(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (duty to notify registrar of change in directors)”.

I32 Companies Act 2006

Section 1098C of the 2006 Act (the required information about an applicant)9 is amended as follows—
a in subsection (1)—
i at the end of paragraph (e) omit “and”;
ii after paragraph (e) insert—
;
iii in paragraph (f), for “the register” substitute “any other register”;
b in subsection (2)—
i at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and”;
ii at the end of paragraph (d) insert “, and”;
iii after paragraph (d) insert—
;
c after subsection (4) insert—
.

Schedule 2 

Amendments to secondary legislation

Regulation 4

I51 The European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989

In regulation 5 of the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989 (managers (Article 19(2) of the EC Regulation))10—
a in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b), for “section 163”, in each place it occurs, substitute “section 167J”;
b in paragraph (3)(b), for “section 164” substitute “section 167K”;
c omit paragraph (3A).

I62 The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004

1 The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 200411 are amended as follows.
2 In regulation 79 (register of members of supervisory organ)—
a in paragraph (3)(a), omit “or”;
b omit paragraph (3)(b);
c omit paragraph (10).
3 In regulation 85 (registration of a public company by the conversion of a UK Societas)—
a in paragraph (3)(a), for “section 163” substitute “section 167J”;
b in paragraph (3)(b), for “section 164” substitute “section 167K”;
c omit paragraph (4);
d in paragraph (6)(a), for “section 277” substitute “section 279J”;
e in paragraph (6)(b), for “section 278” substitute “sections 279K and 279L”;
f omit paragraph (7).

I73 The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016

1 The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.
2 Omit regulation 5 (modification for persons covered by section 790C(12) of the Act).
3 In paragraphs (b) and (d) of regulation 18 (content of a warning notice), for “or 790E” substitute “, 790DA, 790E or 790EA”.
4 In regulation 20 (failure to comply with a section 790D or 790E notice: valid reason) and in the heading to that regulation, for “or 790E” substitute “, 790DA, 790E or 790EA”.

I84 The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016

1 The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 201612 are amended as follows.
2 Omit regulations 5 and 6 (modification of the Act in its application to SEs).

I95 The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

1 The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 201713 are amended as follows.
2 In regulation 28 (customer due diligence measures), for paragraph (9) substitute—
.
3 In regulation 30A (requirement to report discrepancies in registers)—
a for paragraph (3) substitute—
;
b omit paragraph (7);
c after paragraph (8) insert—
.

I46 The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017

1 The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 201717 (“the 2017 Regulations”) are amended as follows.
2 In regulation 2, in the definition of “the register”, for “means the register kept by the registrar under section 1080 of the Companies Act 2006” substitute “has the meaning given in section 1080(2) of the Companies Act 2006, as applied to eligible Scottish partnerships by regulation 58A”.
3 After regulation 58 insert—
.
4 In regulation 61, in section 1087 of the 2006 Act (material not available for inspection) as applied in relation to information delivered to the registrar by eligible Scottish partnerships by that regulation, for subsection (1) substitute—
.

I107 The Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024

1 The Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 202418 are amended as follows.
2 In regulation 2—
a after the definition of “the 1989 Order” insert—
;
b after the definition of “the Companies Acts” insert—
.
3 In regulation 3 (specified persons to whom information may be disclosed)—
a after paragraph (a) insert—
;
b after paragraph (c) insert—
.
4 In regulation 4 (non-public purposes for which information may be disclosed to specified persons)—
a in paragraph (1)(b), omit “, including as applied to limited liability partnerships by the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001”;
b after paragraph (1) insert—
;
c in paragraph (7), omit the definition of “limited liability partnerships”.

I118 The Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2025

For regulation 31 of the Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2025 substitute—
.

Footnotes

  1. I1
    Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  2. I2
    Reg. 1 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  3. I3
    Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  4. I4
    Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  5. I5
    Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  6. I6
    Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  7. I7
    Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  8. I8
    Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  9. I9
    Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  10. I10
    Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  11. I11
    Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  12. I12
    Reg. 2 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  13. I13
    Reg. 3 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  14. I14
    Reg. 4 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  15. I15
    Reg. 5 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  16. I16
    Reg. 6 in force at 18.11.2025 in accordance with reg. 1(2)
  17. F1
    Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (23.1.2026) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/57), reg. 3(4)
  18. 1
    1907 c. 24 (7 Edw 7). Section 7A was inserted by section 149 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. Section 38 was inserted by section 151 of that Act.
  19. 2
    2006 c. 46. Section 1088 was substituted by section 91 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. Section 1098C was inserted by section 66 of that Act, and section 1110F was inserted by section 94 of that Act.
  20. 3
    2018 c. 13. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 187 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56). The Secretary of State is an “appropriate minister” to exercise these powers under section 1(9) of the Act.
  21. 4
    2023 c. 56.
  22. 5
    See section 1060(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
  23. 6
    S.I. 2025/50.
  24. 7
    S.I. 2016/339.
  25. 8
    2004 c. 27, amended by S.I. 2009/1941; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
  26. 9
    Section 1098C was inserted by section 66 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56).
  27. 10
    S.I. 1989/638; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/2399, 2014/2382.
  28. 11
    S.I. 2004/2326; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/2400, 2014/2382, 2015/1695, 2018/1298.
  29. 12
    S.I. 2016/375.
  30. 13
    S.I. 2017/692; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/685, 2020/991, 2022/860.
  31. 14
    2022 c. 10. Schedule 2 was amended by section 162 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56). Other amendments have been made which are not relevant.
  32. 15
    Section 790C(4) was amended by S.I. 2016/136.
  33. 16
    Section 790C(8) was amended by S.I. 2016/136.
  34. 17
    S.I. 2017/694.
  35. 18
    S.I. 2024/1378.
  36. 19
    S.I. 2001/1090.
  37. 20
    S.I. 2004/307.
  38. 21
    2000 c. 12.
  39. 22
    See section 1082(1) of the Companies Act 2006 for the meaning of “unique identifier”.