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—

  1. a

     a peer; or

  2. 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;

• “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—

  1. a

     the name, any former name, date of birth and nationality of the relevant individual;

  2. b

     the usual residential address of the relevant individual;

  3. c

     a service address of the applicant;

  4. d

     the e-mail address of the applicant, if any;

  5. e

     the fact that the relevant individual is, or used to be, a relevant individual in respect of the overseas entity;

• “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.