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PART 3U.K.Register of overseas entities

MiscellaneousU.K.

178Power to apply Part 1 amendments to register of overseas entitiesU.K.

(1)Where provision made by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 corresponds to provision made by the Companies Act 2006, the Secretary of State may by regulations make amendments to the 2022 Act corresponding to any amendments made by Part 1 of this Act to the provision in the 2006 Act.

(2)The Secretary of State must obtain the consent of the Scottish Ministers before making regulations under this section that contain provision that would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if contained in an Act of that Parliament.

(3)The Secretary of State must obtain the consent of the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland before making regulations under this section that contain provision that—

(a)would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if contained in an Act of that Assembly, and

(b)would not, if contained in a Bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly, result in the Bill requiring the consent of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Commencement Information

I1S. 178 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(1)(2)(b)