Companies House, land registries and law societies give evidence

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• Joint Select Committee on the Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill

Witnesses

Monday, 11 March, Committee Room 4, Palace of Westminster

At 4.30pm

• Martin Swain – Director of Policy, Strategy and Planning, Companies House
• Jennifer Henderson – Keeper of the Registers, Registers of Scotland
• Jonathan McCoy – Deputy Registrar, Land Registers of Northern Ireland
• Chris Pope OBE – Chief Operations Officer, HM Land Registry

At 5.15pm

• Valerie Holmes – Chair, Society of Licensed Conveyancers
• John Sinclair – Member, Property Law Committee and Property and Land Law Reform Sub-Committee, The Law Society of Scotland
• A representative from The Law Society of England and Wales

Possible questions

• Is the drafting of this Bill sufficiently user-friendly for parties to property transactions and those who advise them?
• Your members will have to advise overseas purchasers of UK land about the obligations under this Bill. Are the provisions sufficiently clear?
• Will it be obvious to conveyancers acting for purchasers whether an overseas vendor is a legal person under foreign law?
• What impact will the Bill have on conveyancing? Will purchasers need to undertake additional checks?
• Do you see any loopholes within the draft Bill that would allow overseas entities to avoid declaring their beneficial ownership information?

Further information  

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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