SI 2025/718 - The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2025 No. 718 (C. 30) CIVIL PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025 Made - - - - 10th June 2025 The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 219(1) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023(1).

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025.

Provision coming into force on 18th June 2025

2. The following provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 come into force on 18th June 2025, insofar as they are not already in force(2)—

(a) section 194 (strategic litigation against public participation: requirement to make rules of court); and

(b) section 195 (meaning of “SLAPP” claim).

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Sarah Sackman Minister of State 10th June 2025 Ministry of Justice

(1) 2023 c. 56.

(2) Sections 194 and 195 were brought into force at Royal Assent for certain purposes by virtue of section 219(2)(b).Document Generated: 2025-06-19

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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations are the fifth set of commencement regulations made under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56). They commence sections 194 and 195 of that Act, insofar as they are not already in force.

The effect of those sections is to require the Lord Chancellor to make Civil Procedure Rules that enable a court to dismiss a SLAPP claim (within the meaning of section 195) before trial in certain circumstances and to make certain costs orders as specified in section 194(4).

Relevant amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/3132) will come into force on the same day as the provision which this instrument brings into force (see S.I. 2025/106, rule 1(2),

rule 4 and rule 9).

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS (This note is not part of the Regulations) The following provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 have been brought into force by commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.

Sections 1 and 2 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Sections 4(3) and 4(4) 4th March 2024 S.I. 2424/269 Sections 8 to 21 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 22 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206 Sections 23 to 26 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 27 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206 Sections 28 to 30 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 35 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 36 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 37 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 38 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 39 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Sections 40 to 42 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 45 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

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Section 48 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 51 (for limited 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 purposes)

Section 52 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 59 other than 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 subsection (2) to the extent that it substitutes section 853A(1)

(b)(iii) of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) Sections 60 and 61 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 63 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 65 (insofar as not 18th March 2025 S.I. 2025/349 already in force)

Section 67 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206

Section 68 (insofar as not 18th March 2025 S.I. 2025/349 already in force)

Section 70 18th March 2025 S.I. 2025/349

Section 71 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 75(1) and (2) 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 75(3) and (4) 5th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Sections 76 to 84 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 85 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 86 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 87 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Sections 88 to 90 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 91 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 92 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Sections 93 and 94 (insofar as 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 not already in force)

Section 95 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 96 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 97 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

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Section 103 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206 Sections 104 to 107 (insofar as 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 not already in force)

Section 108 4th March 2024 S.I. 2023/269

Section 136(2) 18th March 2025 S.I. 2025/349

Section 147 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206

Section 155 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Sections 156 and157 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 161 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 162 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 164 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 167 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 169 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 170 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Sections 171 to 173 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Sections 175 to 177 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 179 (in so far as it 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269 relates to Part 1 of Schedule 8, insofar as not already in force)

Section 179 (in so far as it 26th April 2024 N.I.S.R. 2024/82 relates to Part 3 of Schedule 8, insofar as not already in force)

Section 180 (in part) 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269

Section 180 (so far as not 7th November 2024 S.I. 2024/1108 already in force)

Section 181 (insofar as not 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 183 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206

Section 185 and 186 (insofar 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269 as not already in force) Sections 187 to 193 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206 Sections 199 to 206 (insofar as 1st September 2025 S.I. 2025/349 not already in force) Sections 207 to 209 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 4Document Generated: 2025-06-19

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Section 210 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force)

Section 211 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206

Section 212 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Sections 214 (insofar as not 15th November 2023 S.I. 2023/1206 already in force)

Section 215 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 Schedule 2 (for limited 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 purposes insofar as not already in force) Schedule 3 (insofar as not 4th March 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Part 1 of Schedule 8 (insofar as 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269 not already in force) Part 3 of Schedule 8 (insofar as 26th April 2024 N.I.S.R. 2024/82 not already in force) Schedule 9 (insofar as not 7th November 2024 S.I. 2024/1108 already in force) Schedule 10 (insofar as not 26th April 2024 S.I. 2024/269 already in force) Schedule 11 15th January 2024 S.I. 2023/1206 Schedule 13 (insofar as not 1st September 2025 S.I. 2025/349 already in force) 5