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42 published document(s) from Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

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Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016Status not confirmedThis Ordinance amends the Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013 to extend Guernsey's sanctions regime to cover a second EU Regulation…
Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2008 (Consolidated text)In forceThis Ordinance establishes the Guernsey Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme, a depositor protection scheme funded and administered separately from any Cay…
Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020In forceThis is the core primary legislation governing bank licensing and prudential supervision in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It prohibits unlicensed deposit-tak…
Borrowing (Control) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1946In forceThis is 1946 enabling legislation for the Bailiwick of Guernsey that allows the Royal Court (now the States of Deliberation, following a 1949 transfer of…
Charities and Non Profit Organisations (Enabling Provisions) (Guernsey and Alderney) Law, 2009In forceThis is an enabling Law that empowers the States of Guernsey to make Ordinances regulating non profit organisations (including charities) and their direct…
Charities and Non Profit Organisations (Investigatory Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008In forceThis is a Bailiwick of Guernsey law (in force since 15 April 2010) that gives Her Majesty's Procureur investigatory and asset freezing powers over chariti…
Charities and Non Profit Organisations (Registration) (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Consolidated text)RepealedThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's primary law establishing a public Register of Non Profit Organisations, covering both charities and other non…
Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, the primary statute governing the formation, structure, governance, and dissolution o…
Company Securities (Insider Dealing) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1996In forceThis 1996 Bailiwick of Guernsey law creates the criminal offence of insider dealing in securities and sets out the associated defences, investigation powe…
Criminal Justice (Fraud Investigation) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1991 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of a Bailiwick of Guernsey law that grants Her Majesty's Procureur (the Attorney General equivalent) special powers to inves…
Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2001 (Consolidated)In forceThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's principal statute governing international cooperation in criminal matters, including cross border service of p…
Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017Amends Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999This Ordinance amends the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999 to create a legal bridge between the anti money launderin…
Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999In forceThis is the principal Bailiwick of Guernsey anti-money laundering and asset confiscation statute, originally enacted in 1999 and now consolidated with dec…
Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017, Guernsey's principal data protection statute, broadly equivalent t…
Disclosure (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2007 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's Disclosure Law 2007, the core statute underpinning anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terro…
Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Designated Countries and Territories) Ordinance, 2000In forceThis Ordinance, made under the Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, designates specific countries and territories for the purposes of recog…
Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law (Enforcement of External Forfeiture Orders) Ordinance, 2000In forceThis Ordinance establishes the legal mechanism by which the Royal Court of Guernsey can recognise and enforce forfeiture orders made by courts in other de…
Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, Guernsey's principal statute for confiscating the proceeds of dru…
Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020In forceThis is the core Guernsey law that gives the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) its enforcement toolkit across the Bailiwick's financial servic…
Financial Services Commission (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the foundational statute establishing the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) as the Bailiwick's financial regulator. It is a consolidat…
Financial Services Commission (Limitation of Liability) Ordinance, 1990In forceThis is a short 1990 Ordinance of the States of Guernsey that limits the legal liability of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and the States of G…
Financial Services Commission (Site Visits) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2008 (Consolidated Text)In forceThis Ordinance gives the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) statutory powers to carry out site visits and inspections of licensees to check com…
Foundations (Guernsey) Law, 2012 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Foundations (Guernsey) Law, 2012, the primary statute establishing the legal framework for the creation, registration…
Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002In forceThis is the principal Guernsey law regulating the carrying on of insurance business in or from within the Bailiwick. It establishes a licensing regime adm…
Insurance Business (Financial Guarantee Insurance: Special Provisions) (Guernsey) Law, 1996 (Consolidated text)In forceThis 1996 Guernsey law creates a bespoke statutory regime for financial guarantee insurers (FGIs) that the States specifically designate by Ordinance. Rat…
Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated primary law establishing the licensing and regulatory regime for insurance managers and insurance intermediaries operating in or…
Interpretation and Standard Provisions (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2016 (Consolidated)In forceThis is a general Guernsey statute of general legal application, not a financial services rule. It sets out standard interpretation and construction rules…
Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 (Consolidated)In forceThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's principal law regulating lending, credit, financial firm businesses, virtual asset service providers, and digi…
Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance 2016In forceThis Ordinance gives full legal force in Guernsey to EU Council Regulation 2016/44, which imposes restrictive measures (sanctions) in relation to the situ…
Limited Partnerships (Guernsey) Law, 1995In forceThis is Guernsey's principal statute governing the formation, operation, dissolution and striking off of limited partnerships. It sets out the constitutio…
Machinery of Government (Transfer of Functions) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2004In forceThis is a short commencement Ordinance made by the States of Guernsey. Its sole function is to bring the Machinery of Government (Transfer of Functions) (…
Machinery of Government (Transfer of Functions) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is a historical machinery-of-government Ordinance that reorganised the internal structure of the States of Guernsey administration. It transferred th…
Misuse of Drugs (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1974In forceThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's primary criminal statute on controlled drugs, in force since 1974 and amended numerous times through 2022. It…
Prescribed Businesses (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Prescribed Businesses (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008, which provides the legal framework for the Guernsey Financia…
Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020In forceThis is the core primary legislation governing investment business and collective investment schemes in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It establishes the lice…
Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the primary Guernsey law establishing the licensing and supervisory regime for fiduciary, trust, company administration, foundation, executorship…
Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012RepealedThis Ordinance gave domestic legal effect in Guernsey to EU Council Regulation (EU) No. 36/2012, which imposed restrictive measures (sanctions) in relatio…
Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of Guernsey's principal counter-terrorism statute, first enacted in 2002 and amended numerous times since. It defines terror…
Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (c. 38)Status not confirmedThis is the UK Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010, which the Guernsey Financial Services Commission lists as applicable legislation for AML/CFT purpos…
Transfer of Funds (Alderney) Ordinance, 2017In forceThis Ordinance brings EU Regulation 2015/847 (on information accompanying transfers of funds) into force in Alderney, with modifications set out in the Fi…
Transfer of Funds (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017In forceThis Ordinance gives legal effect in Guernsey to the EU Wire Transfer Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/847), which sets out information requirements that…
Transfer of Funds (Sark) Ordinance, 2017In forceThis Ordinance applies Council Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on information accompanying transfers of funds to Sark, subject to modifications set out in the Fi…