The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

Companies Act 2006

2.  Section 1098C of the 2006 Act (the required information about an applicant)(1) is amended as follows—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (e) omit “and”;

(ii) after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) any registration number allocated to the firm in respect of its registration in a register maintained under regulation 54 or 55 of the Money Laundering Regulations, and”;

(iii) in paragraph (f), for “the register” substitute “any other register”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(ii) at the end of paragraph (d) insert “, and”;

(iii) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) any registration number allocated to the individual in respect of their registration in a register maintained under regulation 54 or 55 of the Money Laundering Regulations.”;

(c) after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) For the purposes of this section “Money Laundering Regulations” has the meaning given by section 1098B(8) (application to become authorised corporate service provider).”.

(1)

Section 1098C was inserted by section 66 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56).