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
Ministry of Justice
10th June 2025
Sections 194 and 195 were brought into force at Royal Assent for certain purposes by virtue of section 219(2)(b).