Policy paper

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022: Factsheets

Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.

From:
Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, HM Treasury, Ministry of Justice, Serious Fraud Office, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
22 September 2022
Last updated
2026 JuneOctober 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Factsheet: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill overarching

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Factsheet: shareholder identity verification (analysis)

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Factsheet: identification principle for economic crime offences

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Factsheet: strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)

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Factsheet: the role and powers of the Registrar of Companies

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Factsheet: company names

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Factsheet: identity verification and authorised corporate service providers

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Factsheet: preventing abuse of personal information on the Register

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Factsheet: improving transparency of company ownership

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Factsheet: Companies House fees

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Factsheet: company accounts

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Factsheet: limited partnerships

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Factsheet: impact of corporate transparency reforms on limited liability partnerships

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Factsheet: civil sanctions and offences relating to reform of Companies House and limited partnerships

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Factsheet: cryptoassets technical

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Factsheet: cryptoassets - key terms and definitions

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Factsheet: cryptoassets - legislation

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Factsheet: information sharing measures

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Factsheet: the removal of the statutory cap on financial penalties for the Law Society, as delegated to the Solicitors Regulation Authority

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Factsheet: new regulatory objective in the Legal Services Act 2007

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Factsheet: the extension of the Serious Fraud Office’s pre-investigation powers

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Factsheet: economic crime in the UK

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Factsheet: beneficial ownership

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Factsheet: Scottish Government legal services measure

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Factsheet: new information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to economic crime

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Factsheet: failure to prevent fraud offence

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Details

The factsheets set out the various measures contained in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.

Published 22 September 2022
Last updated 2026 JuneOctober 2023 + show all updates

  1. Eight factsheets updated to reflect changes during legislative process.

  2. Addition of factsheet on shareholder identity verification (analysis).

  3. Addition of factsheet on the identification principle for economic crime offences.

  4. New factsheet on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) added. Factsheets updated: civil sanctions and offences relating to reform of Companies House and limited partnerships; identity verification and authorised corporate service providers; impact of corporate transparency reforms on limited liability partnerships.

  5. Added factsheet: failure to prevent fraud offence.

  6. Added Factsheet: New information request power for the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to economic crime.

  7. Addition of factsheet on Scottish Government legal services measure.

  8. New factsheet added: beneficial ownership. Update to factsheet: cryptoassets - legislation. Added accessible version of factsheet: civil sanctions and offences relating to reform of Companies House and limited partnerships.