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  Criminal Finances Bill - New Clause 17 - Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership of Companies registered in Crown Dependencies
  
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  @ MP voted aye for publicly accessible registers of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in Crown Dependencies. 
  @ MP voted no against publicly accessible registers of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in Crown Dependencies. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against publicly accessible registers of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_dependencies Crown Dependencies].
  
  The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel.  
  
  MPs were considering the Criminal Finances Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership of Companies registered in Crown Dependencies'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) In Part 1 of the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/contents Proceeds of Crime Act 2002] (introductory), after section 2A, insertâ
  
  :â2AA Duty of Secretary of State: Public registers of beneficial ownership of companies registered in Crown dependencies
  
  :(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, in furtherance of the purposes ofâ
  
  :(a) this Act; and
  
  :(b) Part 3 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017
  
  :to take the actions set out in this section.
  
  :(2) The first action is, no later than 31 December 2017, to provide all reasonable assistance to the Governments of Crown Dependencies to enable each of those Governments to establish a publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in that Governmentâs jurisdiction.
  
  :(3) The second action is, no later than 31 December 2019, to publish legislative proposals to require the Government of any Crown dependency that has not already established a publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in that Governmentâs jurisdiction to do so.
  
  :(4) In this sectionâ
  
  :âa publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companiesâ means a register which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, provides information broadly equivalent to that available in accordance with the provisions of Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006.
  
  :âlegislative proposalsâ means eitherâ
  
  :(a) a draft Order in Council; or
  
  :(b) a Bill presented to either House of Parliament.â 
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/criminalfinances.html Parliament's webpage on the Criminal Finances Bill]
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