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<p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which is currently in Committee stage in the House of Lords, will create a completely new type of sanctions measure in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 called ‘director disqualification sanctions’. It will be an offence for a designated person subject to this new measure to form a UK company, or to act as a director or otherwise be involved in the company’s promotion or management.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Foreign Secretary to decide when and how to deploy the measure, alongside the full suite of other sanctions measures.</p> |