PART 1Introductory
Citation, commencement and extentI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022 and come into force on the day section 3 of the ECTEA comes into force.
2
These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
InterpretationI22
In these Regulations—
“the ECTEA” means the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022;
“former name” means a name by which an individual was formerly known for business purposes;
“managing officer”, in respect of an overseas entity, has the meaning given in section 44(1) of the ECTEA;
“name” means a person’s first name (or other forename) and surname, except in the case of—
- a
a peer; or
- b
an individual usually known by a title,
the title may be stated instead of that person’s first name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them;
- a
“overseas entity” has the meaning given in section 2 of the ECTEA;
“overseas entity ID” means an overseas entity ID allocated in accordance with section 5 of the ECTEA;
“protected information”, in relation to a relevant individual, means—
- a
the name, any former name, date of birth and nationality of the relevant individual;
- b
the usual residential address of the relevant individual;
- c
a service address of the applicant;
- d
the e-mail address of the applicant, if any;
- e
the fact that the relevant individual is, or used to be, a relevant individual in respect of the overseas entity;
- f
F1for an application made under regulation 7(1) on the ground in regulation 7(3)(b), the relevant individual’s usual residential address only;
- a
“registrable beneficial owner”, in relation to an overseas entity, has the meaning given in Schedule 2 to the ECTEA;
“the registrar” means the registrar of companies for England and Wales;
“relevant individual” has the meaning given in section 25(2) of the ECTEA;
“specified public authority” means a public authority specified in Schedule 1.