http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/694/introductionThe Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseCOMPANIES2025-12-04Expert Participation2025-11-18 These Regulations transpose Article 30 (beneficial ownership information) of Directive 2015/ 849/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 (OJ L 141, 05.06.15, p.73) (“the Directive”) on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, for Scottish limited partnerships and certain Scottish general partnerships, defined in regulation 3. 2017 No. 694Made22nd June 2017Laid before Parliament23rd June 2017Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the creation, operation, regulation or dissolution of companies and other forms of business organisation, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.S.I. 2007/193.1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The enabling powers in section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).