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New Legislation
The following new Laws have been
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List
of Laws and Regulations Applicable
to the international financial services authority
Under which the
statutory duties of the Executive Director of the International
Financial Services Authority are outlined.
International
IBC (Amendment and Consolidation) Act 2007 (287KB)
IBC Regulations 2008 (123KB)
International
Banks Act 2004 (142KB)
(previous version repealed)
Registered
Agent & Trustee Licensing Act 1996 (64KB)
Registered
Agent & Trustee Licensing Amendments 1996 & 2004 (18KB)
Registered
Agent & Trustee Licensing Statutory Rules and Orders (63KB)
International
Trusts Act (82KB)
International Trust
Amendments Act
2002 (168KB)
International
Trust Amendment Regulations 2002 (161KB)
International
Insurance (Amendment and Consolidation) 1998 Act (90KB)
International
Insurance Regulations 1999 (137KB)
Mutual
Funds (Amendment and Consolidation) 1998 Act (63KB)
Mutual
Funds Regulations (181KB)
Applications and checklists
International
Bank Application Checklist (15KB)
International
Banking License Application (416KB)
Personal
Questionnaire -
International Banking License Application (196KB)
Mutual
Funds Checklist (33KB)
Registered Agent & Trustee License Application (379KB)
Registered
Agent and Trustee License Application - Schedule A (12KB)
Personal
Questionnaire - Registered Agent & Trustee License Application (195KB)
Other - For reference domestic
Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
Companies Act (1994) (742KB)
Other - Acts and regulations
applicable to both International
and domestic financial services
Under which the
statutory duties of the Executive Director of the Financial Intelligence
Unit are outlined.
Financial
Intelligence Unit Act (367KB)
Amendment to Financial Intelligence Unit Act (72KB)
Financial Intelligence Unit
Amendment Act 2002 (165KB)
Proceeds
of Crime and Money Laundering (Prevention) Act
(1,098KB)
Amendment to Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering (Prevention) Act
(152KB)
Amendments to the Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering
Act 2002 (160KB)
Proceeds
of Crime (Money Laundering) Regulations 2002 (178KB)
Proceeds
of Crime (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (153KB)
Money Laundering Prevention Guidance
Notes (280KB)
UN Anti-Terrorism Measure (82KB)
Exchange
of Information Act 2002 (22KB)
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Legal
System
The legal system of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is
similar in most respects to that of the United Kingdom.
Our court of final appeal is Her Majesty’s Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council in London, England.
The
lower courts are the Magisterial District courts that exercise both civil
and criminal jurisdiction up to a certain limit.
There
is also a separate court called the Family Court that is presided over by
a President and deals exclusively with family related matters.
The
primary court of first instance is the High Court of Justice, from which
appeal is made to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. Both derive their jurisdiction form the Eastern Caribbean
Supreme Court Act.
Puisne
Judges preside over civil and criminal matters at the High Court.
There presently three such judges in our jurisdiction.
Appeals
are heard by a panel of three judges and are presided over by the Chief of
Justice or President of the Court of Appeal and the Justices of Appeal.
Our
basic law is English law.
However,
we have developed our own body of statutory laws, particularly in the area
of international finance.
The lawyers in the Eastern Caribbean are competent to
practice freely in any Eastern Caribbean State, and in certain other
states, including Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana and Belize.
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