Legislation – Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
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PART 3Register of overseas entities
The register and registration
159Registration of information about trusts
(1)
Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (required information) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(d)
the specified details of each beneficiary under the trust;
(e)
the specified details of each settlor or grantor and, in relation to any settlor or grantor that is a legal entity, the specified details of any person who at the time at which the trust is settled—
(i)
is a registrable beneficial owner in relation to that entity (if it is overseas entity), or
(ii)
would be a registrable beneficial owner in relation to the entity if that entity were an overseas entity;
(f)
the specified details of any interested person under the trust and the date on which they became an interested person.”
(3)
“(1A)
In sub-paragraph (1)(d) to (f) “the specified details”—
(a)
in relation to a person who is an individual, means—
(i)
name, date of birth and nationality;
(ii)
usual residential address;
(iii)
a service address;
(b)
in relation to a person that is a legal entity, means—
(i)
name;
(ii)
principal office;
(iii)
a service address;
(iv)
the legal form of the entity and the law by which it is governed;
(v)
any public register in which it is entered and, if applicable, its registration number in that register.”
(4)
In sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraph (1)(c)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (1)(c) and (1A)(a)”
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