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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is a comprehensive legislative framework led by the Department for Business and Trade, HM Treasury, and other agencies to combat financial crime and improve corporate transparency. The Act establishes beneficial ownership registers, corporate enforcement mechanisms, and whistleblowing protections, with ongoing implementation through statutory instruments and regulations.

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2026

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24 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Business and Trade linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a public consultation and review of whistleblowing law as part of the measures a

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a public consultation and review of whistleblowing law as part of the measures announced in the UK anti-corruption strategy …

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2025

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2024

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8 Mar 2024 | Impact assessment Department for Business and Trade Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy HM Treasury Home Office Ministry of Justice Serious Fraud Office linked

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: impact assessments

Impact assessments relating to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Impact assessment: reform to the identification… (20pp)
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↓ Impact assessment: introducing a failure to prevent fraud o… (25pp) ↓ Impact assessment: new proactive information request power … (9pp) ↓ Impact assessment: Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal… (8pp) ↓ Impact assessment for the Department for Business, Energy a… (148pp) ↓ Regulatory Policy Committee opinion: corporate transparency… (11pp) ↓ Regulatory Policy Committee opinion: reform of limited part… (6pp) ↓ Impact assessment: overarching economic crime measures (Hom… (42pp) ↓ Impact assessment: cryptoassets (24pp) ↓ Impact assessment: exemptions for handling mixed suspected … (19pp) ↓ Impact assessment: DAML (20pp) ↓ Impact assessment: information orders (22pp) ↓ Impact assessment: information sharing (29pp) ↓ Regulatory Policy Committee opinion: Economic Crime and Cor… (9pp) ↓ Impact assessment: enhanced due diligence: designation of h… (6pp) ↓ Impact assessment: the removal of the statutory cap on fina… (11pp) ↓ Impact assessment: regulators of legal services: objective … (8pp)

2023

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26 Oct 2023 | Policy paper Department for Business and Trade Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy HM Treasury Home Office Ministry of Justice linked

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022: overarching documents

These documents relate to the bill stage of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcem…
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↓ Draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (65pp) ↓ Fact sheet: The Register of Overseas Entities (web accessib… ↓ Fact sheet: unexplained wealth order reforms (web accessibl…
26 Oct 2023 | Policy paper Department for Business and Trade HM Treasury Home Office Ministry of Justice Serious Fraud Office linked

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: ECHR memoranda

European Convention on Human Rights memoranda relating to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ ECHR memorandum: parts 1-3 Economic Crime and C…
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↓ ECHR memorandum: parts 4-5 Economic Crime and Corporate Tra… ↓ Supplementary ECHR memorandum: amendments made to parts 1-3… ↓ Supplementary ECHR memorandum: amendments made to parts 4 a…
16 May 2023 | Announcement Department for Business and Trade linked

Contingencies Fund Advance

UIN: HCWS773 The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will reform the operations of Companies House by setting out new objectives for the Registrar of Companies, including additional powers to query and amend the register where it is suspected that …

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16 May 2023 | Announcement Department for Business and Trade linked

Contingencies Fund Advance

UIN: HLWS760 My Hon Friend the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business (Kevin Hollinrake MP) has today made the following statement.The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will reform the operations of Companies House by setting out new objectiv...

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1 Feb 2023 | Announcement Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy linked

Progress on the Register of Overseas Entities and new capabilities to tackle abuse of UK corporate structures

UIN: HLWS530 The Register of Overseas Entities is a vital new information tool for our law enforcement agencies and is part of the Government’s comprehensive and ongoing programme to tackle and prevent economic crime and illicit finance.The Government legislated for …

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2022

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22 Sep 2022 | Announcement Home Office linked

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

UIN: HCWS300 The Government is today introducing the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, as committed to in the Queen’s Speech at the start of this Parliamentary session. Building on the recently enacted Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 20...

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22 Sep 2022 | Announcement Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy linked

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

UIN: HLWS296 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department has today made the following statement:The Government is today introducing the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, as committed to in the Queen’s Speech at the …

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1 Mar 2022 | Announcement Home Office linked

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

UIN: HCWS653 Following the announcement made by the Prime Minister in his statement on Thursday 24 February in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Government is today introducing the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill. The introduction of the...

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1 Mar 2022 | Announcement Home Office linked

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

UIN: HLWS636 My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Following the announcement made by the Prime Minister in his statement on Thursday 24 February in response …

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2021

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2020

1 event
22 Sep 2020 | Announcement Home Office linked

Modern Slavery

UIN: HCWS463 Today the Government has published its response to the Transparency in Supply Consultation. A copy of the Government response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses and it will also be published on Gov.UK. The landmark …

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2019

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2017

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22 Jun 2017 | Impact assessment Home Office linked

Criminal Finances Bill impact assessments and RPC ratings

These impact assessments assess the regulatory and business impact of the Criminal Finances Bill.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Overarching impact assessment (29pp)
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↓ Disclosure orders: impact assessment (9pp) ↓ Disclosure orders: RPC rating (3pp) ↓ Information sharing: impact assessment (10pp) ↓ Information sharing: RPC rating (3pp) ↓ Power to obtain further information: impact assessment (9pp) ↓ Power to obtain further information: RPC rating (3pp) ↓ Extension of suspicious activity reports moratorium period:… (9pp) ↓ Extension of suspicious activity reports moratorium period:… (3pp) ↓ Seizure of mobile stores of value: impact assessment (8pp) ↓ Unexplained wealth orders: impact assessment (10pp) ↓ Privacy: impact assessment (11pp) ↓ Forfeiture of bank accounts: impact assessment (12pp) ↓ Forfeiture of bank accounts: RPC rating (4pp)

2016

2 events
13 Jul 2016 | Policy paper Home Office linked

Policing and Crime Bill: financial sanctions and miscellaneous

These documents relate to the financial sanctions and miscellaneous provisions in the Policing and Crime Bill.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Factsheet: financial sanctions (5pp)
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↓ Factsheet: National Crime Agency (2pp) ↓ Factsheet: live streaming (1pp) ↓ Factsheet: foreign national offenders (3pp) ↓ Factsheet: forced marriage anonymity (2pp) ↓ Factsheet: taxi-PHV licensing (3pp) ↓ Factsheet: seizure of cancelled passports (2pp)

2015

3 events