Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

177 Meaning of “registered overseas entity” in land registration legislation

(1) In Schedule 4A to the Land Registration Act 2002 (overseas entities), for paragraph 8 substitute—

“8 (1) For the purpose of this Schedule, an overseas entity that has failed to comply with any of the following duties is not to be treated as being a “registered overseas entity” until it remedies the failure.

(2) The duties are—

(a) the duty to deliver to the registrar of companies the documents required by section 7 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (updating duty);

(b) the duty to provide information to the registrar of companies in accordance with a notice under section 1092A of the Companies Act 2006 (power of registrar to require information).

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph the failure is remedied when the documents are delivered, or the information is provided, to the registrar of companies.”

(2) In section 21 of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5) (application for registration of deed), the subsection (5) inserted by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 is renumbered subsection (4A).

(3) In schedule 1A to the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (land transactions: overseas entities), in paragraph 9, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) For the purpose of this schedule, an overseas entity that has failed to comply with any of the following duties is not to be treated as being a “registered overseas entity” until it remedies the failure.

(3) The duties are—

(a) the duty to deliver to the registrar of companies the documents required by section 7 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (updating duty);

(b) the duty to provide information to the registrar of companies in accordance with a notice under section 1092A of the Companies Act 2006 (power of registrar to require information).

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) the failure is remedied when the documents are delivered, or the information is provided, to the registrar of companies.”

(4) In Schedule 8A to the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 18 (N.I.)) (overseas entities), for paragraph 7 substitute—

“7 (1) For the purpose of this Schedule, an overseas entity that fails to comply with any of the following duties is not to be treated as being a “registered overseas entity” until it remedies the failure.

(2) The duties are—

(a) the duty to deliver to the registrar of companies the documents required by section 7 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (updating duty);

(b) the duty to provide information to the registrar of companies in accordance with a notice under section 1092A of the Companies Act 2006 (power of registrar to require information).

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a failure is remedied when the documents are delivered, or the information is provided, to the registrar of companies.”