Territorial extent and application
Registration of Overseas Entities
- Sections 1 to 44 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Act apply and extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Schedules 3, 4 and 5 make amendments to the applicable land registration legislation in each of the three jurisdictions.
- The elements of the Act that deal with land registration are delivered by the three Land Registries responsible for land registration across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. There are some differences in the way that the land registries operate, and as far as possible these differences have been addressed within the Act.
Unexplained Wealth Orders
- The intention is for the Unexplained Wealth Order regime to extend across the UK. The sections relating to UWOs have the same extent as those they amend.
Sanctions Enforcement
- Sanctions measures are enforceable against all persons within the UK and all UK persons abroad.
- The matters to which the provisions of the Act relate are not within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru or the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Sanctions Measures
- These amendments extend to the whole of the UK. The provisions of Part 1 of SAMLA and regulations made under it can be extended to the Crown Dependencies, with modifications, by Order in Council. Sanctions Orders extend to the Overseas Territories except for Bermuda and Gibraltar who implement the same measures or the Sanctions Order via their own local legislation.
See the table in Annex A for a summary of the position regarding territorial extent and application in the United Kingdom.
