Policy paper

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.

• From: Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, HM Treasury, Ministry of Justice and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 28 February 2022
• Last updated: 26 October 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (accessible version)

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Draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

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Fact sheet: The Register of Overseas Entities (web accessible)

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Fact sheet: unexplained wealth order reforms (web accessible)

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Details

A bill to set up a register of overseas entities and their beneficial owners and require overseas entities who own land to register in certain circumstances; to make provision about unexplained wealth orders; and to make provision about sanctions.

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill received Royal Assent on 14 March 2022 and is now the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

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Published 28 February 2022
Last updated 26 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 26 October 2023

   Updated to reflect enactment.

2. 4 March 2022

   Annex added to 'register of overseas entities' fact sheet summarising the changes from the 2018 draft bill.

3. 3 March 2022

   Updated fact sheet on the Register of Overseas Entities

4. 2 March 2022

   Factsheet on unexplained wealth order reforms added.

5. 28 February 2022

   First published.