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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

S.S.I. 2025/304 · Made 29 October 2025

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Proceeds Of Crime

Made 29th October 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st October 2025

Coming into force 10th November 2025

The Scottish Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 219(4) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023f1.

The Scottish Ministers have consulted the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219(4) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2023 c. 56.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Appointed Day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

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.

2Appointed Day

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.

Signature

ANGELA CONSTANCE

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th October 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.