LegalizeThe Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
Made: 29th October 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 31st October 2025
Coming into force: 10th November 2025
The Scottish Ministers have consulted the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219(4) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 10 November 2025.
Appointed Day
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31 March 2026 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Part 2 of schedule 8 and section 179 (so far as it relates to that Part) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
Signed
ANGELA CONSTANCE — A member of the Scottish Government — 29th October 2025
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations bring into force on 31 March 2026 Part 2 of schedule 8 and section 179 (so far as it relates to that part) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“the Act”).
Schedule 8 of the Act (as introduced by section 179) amends Part 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (“POCA”) (confiscation: Scotland) to extend the confiscation regime under POCA to cryptoassets.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2023 c. 56.
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