Registered Business

​The regulatory laws provide that a licence or registration application shall contain or be accompanied by such other information or documents as the Commission may reasonably require, for the purpose of determining the application. Business Risk Assessments (“BRAs”) The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) 2012 Recommendations (“the Recommendations”) place even greater emphasis on the importance...

​The Commission is today issuing Instruction (Number 04/2014) for both financial services businesses and prescribed businesses. The instruction has been issued as a result of amendments made to the legislation surrounding the reporting of suspicion. The existing Handbooks are in the course of being reviewed and therefore to minimise the impact, and to avoid reprinting the full Handbook while the...

​The Commission is today issuing Instruction 03/2014 for both financial services businesses and prescribed businesses. The instruction has been issued as a result of amendments made to the sanctions measures against Afghanistan and Al-Qaida to impose a reporting requirement on businesses. The existing Handbooks are in the course of being reviewed and therefore to minimise the impact, and to avoid...

The Commission is today issuing Instruction (Number 02/2014) for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed on the FC&A Section of the Commission's website. The log of Business from Sensitive Sources & Notices document has been updated to enable identification of the changes applied. Instruction (Number 02/2014) for Financial Services Businesses...

​The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number M 01/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction Number M 01/2014 for Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed from the FC&A section of the Commission's website: Instruction M 01/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction M 01/2014 for Prescribed Businesses 3 June 2014

On 27 June the Commission issued: Instruction (Number 19) for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction (Number 17) for Prescribed Businesses For other Instructions and repealed Business from Sensitive Sources, see Instructions page on this website.

Further to the news item posted on the Commission's website on 10 April, the Policy Council has made the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2013 and the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2013. These...

The Commission has noted that the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 have resulted in an inaccurate cross-reference in regulation 5(1)(d) of the regulations being amended. In regulation 5(1)(d) the reference to regulation 3(1)(c) should now be to regulation 3(2)(a). The making of the Criminal Justice (Proceeds...

The Policy Council has signed the following amendment regulations, which came into force today: The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999 (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Regulations, 2013 The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Legal...