Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: impact assessments
Impact assessments relating to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is now the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
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Last updated 8 March 2024 + show all updates
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Impact assessments updated: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal financial penalty; Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – New regulatory objective in the Legal Services Act 2007; Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – New proactive information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to use in relation to economic crime.
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Updated to reflect enactment.
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Updated the impact assessment on enhanced due diligence: designation of high-risk countries (HM Treasury).
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Impact assessment: 'Reform to the identification doctrine' added.
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The following new IAs were added: (1) Introducing a failure to prevent fraud offence covering all large organisations (2) New proactive information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to use in relation to economic crime (3) Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal financial penalty. The following were updated: (1) the removal of the statutory cap on financial penalties in relation to economic crime matters (2) regulators of legal services: objective relating to economic crime.
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The following impact assessments have been updated: Overarching economic crime measures (Home Office measures), Cryptoassets, DAML (defence against money laundering suspicious activity reports), Exemptions for handling mixed suspected criminal and legitimate property, Information Orders, Information sharing.
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Regulatory Policy Committee opinion: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022 (Home Office measures) updated.
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First published.