In view of the current scrutiny of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022 in the UK Parliament which proposes major legislative changes to require additional transparency over firms conducting business in UK and to enhance the enforcement powers of government agencies with respect to economic crimes, including crimes relating to money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (FT), the UK government has published numerous fact sheets in this context.
The fact sheets explain the reasoning behind the new bill and provide specific information on diverse aspects covered by the bill, e.g. the enhanced registration and location requirements of limited partnerships. The fact sheets are listed below. The latest added sheet is the one listed last regarding the new information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to economic crime.
Factsheet: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill overarching
Factsheet: the role and powers of the Registrar of Companies
Factsheet: company names
Factsheet: identity verification and authorised corporate service providers
Factsheet: preventing abuse of personal information on the Register
Factsheet: improving transparency of company ownership
Factsheet: Companies House fees
Factsheet: company accounts
Factsheet: limited partnerships
Factsheet: impact of corporate transparency reforms on limited liability partnerships
Factsheet: civil sanctions and offences relating to reform of Companies House and limited partnerships
Factsheet: cryptoassets – key terms and definitions
Factsheet: cryptoassets technical
Factsheet: cryptoassets – legislation
Factsheet: information sharing measures
Factsheet: the removal of the statutory cap on financial penalties for the Law Society, as delegated to the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Factsheet: new regulatory objective in the Legal Services Act 2007
Factsheet: the extension of the Serious Fraud Office’s pre-investigation powers
Factsheet: economic crime in the UK
Factsheet: beneficial ownership
Factsheet: Scottish Government legal services measure
Factsheet: new information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to economic crime