# The Register of Overseas Entities (Annotation) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide the registrar with new powers to annotate the register maintained under section 3 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10).
Regulation 2 empowers the registrar to annotate the register where the registrar has reason to believe that an overseas entity has either dissolved, been wound up or has otherwise ceased to exist.
Regulation 3 makes provision for the registrar to annotate the register where a person has not fully complied with a notice requiring further information given under section 1092A(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46).
Regulation 4 makes provision for the registrar to annotate the register where a person has failed to provide sufficient evidence to the registrar that they are supervised by a supervisory authority.
A full Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/651/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-overseas-entities-annotation-regulations-2025/note
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