Beneficial Ownership
Changes to legislation:
Proposed imposition of BO register by UK government, May 2018
- Written statement by the Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, Baroness Sugg, 15 July
- CIG Statement on Beneficial Ownership, 15 July 2020
- Cayman Islands Statement on Public Beneficial Ownership of Companies, 9 Oct 2019
- Press release – CIG Statement on public beneficial ownership registers, 9 Oct 2019
- Beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: Written statement made by Sir Alan Duncan (Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) 1 Mary 2018
Cayman-UK relationship:
- Exchange of information between UK government and the Cayman Islands government – The exchange of notes and technical protocol for sharing beneficial ownership information came into force on 8 April 2016
- More information on the FCO website here
- Prime Minister’s letter to the Overseas Territories on beneficial ownership, 25 April 2014
- Chief Officer Dax Basdeo Statement, enhancement of exchange of information of beneficial ownership 11 April 2016
- Premier Statement, Enhanced sharing of beneficial ownership, 11 April 2016
- Letter from Cayman FS Minister Wayne Panton to George Osborne regarding the BO initiative, 6 May 2016
- Letter from Chancellor George Osborne to Cayman Minister Wayne Panton, 10 May 2016
UK National Crime Agency:
- Statement by premier on National Crime Agency, 15 September
- Statement by premier on FCO and NCA Comments, 17 September 2018
Consultation documents, November 2016:
- Press release – Comments Invited on Legislation to Create Beneficial Ownership Platform – 29 Nov 2016
- Consultation Draft Bill – The Companies (Amendment) Law 2017
- Cayman’s Centralised Platform for Beneficial Ownership Information – 29 Nov 2016
UK’s beneficial ownership register:
- UK Register of Overseas Entities’ Beneficial Ownership, Hansard, 22 March 2018
- Registers of beneficial ownership, House of Commons Library, 15 march 2018
Reports:
