Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022


Set up a register of overseas entities and their beneficial owners and require overseas entities who own land to register in certain circumstances; to make provision about unexplained wealth orders; and to make provision about sanctions.

Government Bill

(Home Office)
What is this Bill?

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.

Is this Bill currently before Parliament?

No. This Bill was introduced on 1 March 2022 and became an Act of Parliament on 14 March 2022.

Whose idea is this Bill?

Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.

How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?

The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.

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Bill Progession through Parliament

Commons Completed
Lords Completed
Royal Assent

Latest Key documents

Bill Debate
14/03/2022
Explanatory Note
14/03/2022
Impact Assessment
12/03/2022

Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages

15th March 2022
Act of Parliament
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10)
14th March 2022
3rd reading (Lords)
14th March 2022
3rd reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
14th March 2022
Report stageMinutes of Proceeding (Lords)
14th March 2022
Report stage (Lords)
14th March 2022
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
14th March 2022
Committee stage (Lords)
14th March 2022
Royal Assent: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
14th March 2022
Royal Assent (Commons)
14th March 2022
Consideration of Lords amendments (Commons)
14th March 2022
Bill
Bill 280 2021-22 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
14th March 2022
Selection of amendments for Consideration
Grouping of Lords Amendments by Secretary Priti Patel
14th March 2022
Explanatory Notes
Bill 280 EN 2021-22
14th March 2022
Select Committee report
23rd Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
14th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126-R-I Marshalled list for Report
12th March 2022
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Home Office
11th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
10th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126-I Marshalled list for Committee
9th March 2022
2nd reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
9th March 2022
2nd reading (Lords)
9th March 2022
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill: Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
9th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126 Running list of amendments
9th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126(b) Amendments for Committee
9th March 2022
Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures
Legislative consent motion agreed by the Scottish Parliament
8th March 2022
1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
8th March 2022
1st reading (Lords)
8th March 2022
Minutes of Proceedings
Minutes of Proceedings
8th March 2022
Bill proceedings: Commons
Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 7 March 2022
8th March 2022
Briefing papers
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
8th March 2022
Bill
HL Bill 126 (as brought from the Commons)
8th March 2022
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 126(a) Amendments for Committee
8th March 2022
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 126 Explanatory Notes
8th March 2022
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
8th March 2022
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
8th March 2022
Lords Hansard
Lords Hansard
7th March 2022
3rd reading (Commons)
7th March 2022
Report stage (Commons)
7th March 2022
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (Commons)
7th March 2022
2nd reading (Commons)
7th March 2022
Money resolution
7th March 2022
Allocation of time motion
7th March 2022
Human rights memorandum
Supplementary Human Rights Memorandum by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
7th March 2022
Amendment Paper
Committee of the whole House Manuscript Amendments as at 7 March 2022
7th March 2022
Amendment Paper
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 7 March 2022
7th March 2022
Amendment Paper
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 7 March 2022
7th March 2022
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 7 March 2022
7th March 2022
Commons Hansard Daily Report
2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
4th March 2022
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 4 March 2022
4th March 2022
Briefing papers
Briefing Paper on the Bill
3rd March 2022
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 3 March 2022
2nd March 2022
Impact Assessments
De minimis impact assessment from HM Treasury
1st March 2022
1st reading (Commons)
1st March 2022
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Home Office
1st March 2022
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1st March 2022
Explanatory Notes
Bill 262 EN 2021-22
1st March 2022
Explanatory Notes
Bill 262 EN 2021-22
1st March 2022
Human rights memorandum
Human Rights Memorandum by the Home Office, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Her Majesty's Treasury
1st March 2022
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Delegated Powers Memorandum prepared by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and HM Treasury (HMT).
1st March 2022
Bill
Bill 262 2021-22 (as introduced)
1st March 2022
Bill
Bill 262 2021-22 (as introduced)