4[F1(1)]A government or public authority is a “registrable beneficial owner” in relation to an overseas entity in all cases where it is a beneficial owner of the entity [F2by virtue of paragraph 6].
[F3(2)A government or public authority is also a “registrable beneficial owner” in relation to an overseas entity if it is treated as a beneficial owner of the overseas entity by virtue of paragraph 6A.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 2 para. 4 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 4(1) (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 162(3)(c)(i), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z50) (with reg. 6)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(1) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 162(3)(c)(ii), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z50) (with reg. 6)
F3Sch. 2 para. 4(2) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 162(3)(c)(iii), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z50) (with reg. 6)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 69
I2Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.8.2022 (except in so far as relating to ss. 7–11 of the Act) by S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(b)
I3Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 12.10.2022 by S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(b)