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This Law may be cited as the Register of Interests Law, 1996 and shall come into force on 8th October, 1996.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation 2. In this Law unless the context otherwise requires \u2014 \u201cchild\u201d means a person who has not attained the age of 18, and includes a stepchild, an adopted child and in the case of relationships between father and child, an illegitimate child for whose upbringing the father has accepted some responsibility; \u201cCommittee\u201d means the Standing Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly charged for the time being with the consideration of matters relating to the register of interests referred to in section 53A of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands; \u201cdeclarant\u201d means the holder of an office or an occupation specified in Schedule 1 who is required to make a declaration of interests; Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 \u201cdeclaration of interests\u201d means the declaration of interests referred to in section 53A of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands and section 4; \u201cinterest\u201d means any beneficial interest in property held by or on behalf of a member; \u201cmember\u201d means a member of the Legislative Assembly; \u201coffice\u201d includes membership of the Legislative Assembly; and \u201cassumes the functions of an office\u201d includes \u2014 (a) the occasion on which a person makes an oath of allegiance pursuant to section 44 of the Constitution; (b) the occasion when a person has accepted a nomination as a candidate for an election; and (c) the date on which the person having the occupation specified in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 first attends a meeting of the Legislative Assembly or any of its committees in the capacity of a journalist or reporter; \u201cregister\u201d means the Register of Interests established under section 3; \u201cRegistrar\u201d means the Registrar of Interests appointed by the Governor under section 53A of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Register of interests 3. (1) The Registrar shall keep a register of interests in accordance with this Law. (2) The register shall contain \u2014 (a) a list of the offices and occupations specified in Schedule 1 the holders of which are required to make a declaration of interests to the Registrar under this Law; (b) the names and addresses of the declarants; and (c) the details of declarations of interests made in accordance with this Law. (3) The register shall be open for public inspection at the office of the Legislative Assembly at all times during normal business hours.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Declaration of interests 4. (1) A declaration of interests under this section \u2014 (a) shall be made in respect of interests held on the date on which the duty to make the declaration arose; and (b) shall, where required by the registration form, include a declaration in respect of the interests held on that date by a child or spouse of the declarant. (2) A declarant, other than the holder of an occupation specified in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1, shall make a declaration of interests in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Law \u2014 Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 (a) on the date on which he assumes the functions of his office; and (b) on each subsequent anniversary of that date. (3) A declarant who is the holder of an occupation specified in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 shall make a declaration of interests in the form set out in Schedule 3. (4)    (a) A declarant holding the office specified in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 shall not be required to make a subsequent declaration if he is not elected to be a member of the Legislative Assembly. (b) Where a person has made a declaration on the date of his acceptance of a nomination as an election candidate, he shall not be required, if elected, to make a further declaration on the date that he makes an oath of allegiance in accordance with section 44 of the Constitution. (5) Where a declarant other than a declarant referred to in subsection 4(a) has made a declaration of interests and he subsequently acquires a beneficial interest in property additional to that referred to in his previous declaration or declarations he shall within 28 days of the acquisition make a further declaration of interests in respect of his interest in that additional property. (6) If any person, being a declarant other than a member, makes a declaration containing particulars which he knows, or ought to know, are false, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Duties of the Registrar 5. (1) The Registrar shall act as Clerk to the Committee. (2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Registrar shall enter in the register the interests declared in every declaration of interests. (3) Before entering the interests declared in any declaration of interests in the register, the Registrar shall, for the purpose of satisfying himself that a full and accurate declaration has been prepared \u2014 (a) examine each declaration and ensure that the declaration has been made in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Law; and (b) obtain from any declarant such information as in the opinion of the Registrar, would assist him in examining a declaration furnished to him. (4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that an entry in the register has been made as a result of a fraudulent or materially misleading declaration of interest \u2014 (a) the Registrar shall \u2014 (i) mark the entry as cancelled; and (ii) by notice, require the declarant to make a new declaration of interests in respect of the interests held at the date the fraudulent or materially misleading declaration was made; Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 and (b) the declarant referred to in paragraph (a) shall be required to make the new declaration within 28 days from the date of the notice. (5) The Registrar shall mark as cancelled any entry which has been incorrectly made.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Information 6. (1) The Registrar may by notice require any person to \u2014 (a) supply to him such information; and (b) produce to him such records, as may be specified in the notice, being information and records the supply and production of which the Committee considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of enabling the Registrar to carry out his functions under this Law. (2) A notice under subsection (1) shall require the information to be supplied and the records to be produced within such period as may be specified in the notice being not less than 14 days from the date of the notice. (3) Where the Registrar gives a notice under subsection (1) to the declarant, the Registrar shall not register that declaration unless \u2014 (a) the declarant complies with the notice; or (b) before the end of the period allowed for compliance, the declarant shows to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he has reasonable grounds for not complying with it. (4) If any person other than the declarant referred to in the notice fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a notice under subsection (1) he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. (5) If any person other than the declarant in purported compliance with a notice under subsection (1), knowingly or recklessly supplies information which is false or misleading in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Registrar\u2019s report 7. Where a member \u2014 (a) fails to make a declaration of interests under section 4 within a period of 3 months from the date on which the duty to make that declaration accrued; or Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 (b) fails to comply with a notice given by the Registrar under section 5 (4) and has not within the period allowed for compliance with the notice, shown that he has reasonable grounds for not complying with it; or (c) has failed to comply with a notice given by the Registrar under section 6(1) and has not, before the end of the period allowed for compliance with the notice, shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he has reasonable grounds for not complying with it; or (d) has made a statement which the Registrar is satisfied is false or misleading in a material particular, the member shall be in breach of the provisions of this Law, and the Registrar shall, within 14 days of the knowledge of such breach, submit a report of such breach to the Committee, which shall meet to consider the report within 21 days of its submission.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Report submitted to Assembly 8. (1) After the receipt of a report from the Registrar and where the Committee, after hearing the member and such witnesses as the member desires to call, and after due consideration of the matter, is satisfied that \u2014 (a) a member is in breach in accordance with section 7(a) and (c), the Committee may require the member to remedy his failure by making the declaration of interests or complying with the notice of the Registrar within such period not exceeding 28 days as it may determine; or (b) a member is in breach in accordance with sections 7(b) or (d), the Committee shall make a report to the Legislative Assembly which may be accompanied by a recommendation as to the type of action to be taken. (2) The Legislative Assembly shall debate the report submitted by the Committee under subsection (1) at a special meeting to be held within 14 days of the date of the report. (3) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the findings of the Committee is satisfied that the member is in breach as described in section 7(b) or (d), the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000 or suspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or both. (4) Where a member fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (l)(a) within the period determined under that section by the Committee, the Committee shall prepare a report on that failure and present it to the Legislative Assembly. Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 (5) The Legislative Assembly shall debate a report submitted by the Committee under subsection (4) at a special meeting to be held within 14 days of the date of the report. (6) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is satisfied that the member has failed to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(a) to remedy his earlier failure within the period determined by the Committee, the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000, or suspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or both. (7) A declarant other than a member who fails to comply with any notice given by the Registrar under this Law or with any other provisions of this Law shall be refused entry to the Legislative Assembly for such period as the Registrar may determine.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Complaints of members 9. (1) Where a member wishes to allege that a member is in breach of this Law relating to the declaration of interests that member shall make such allegation by affidavit to the Registrar, and shall include a written summary of the evidence as to the accuracy of his allegations. (2) The Registrar shall within 14 days refer any written allegation made by a member to the Committee and shall provide to the member against whom the allegation is made details of the allegation. (3) The Committee shall, within 21 days of a referral of an allegation to it under this section \u2014 (a) hear the evidence of both members on oath; and (b) permit the member against whom the allegation is made to make written representations and allow both members to call such witnesses as the members deem necessary to give evidence on oath. (4) After a hearing of the allegation the Committee, if the allegations are found to be justified, shall report to the Legislative Assembly. (5) The Legislative Assembly shall debate any report submitted by the Committee under subsection 4 at a special meeting within 14 days of the submission of the report. (6) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is satisfied that the member is in breach as alleged by the other member, the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000 or suspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or both. Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Complaints by the public 10. (1) If any person other than a member wishes to allege that a declarant is in breach of this Law relating to the declaration of interests, that person shall make such allegation by affidavit to the Registrar. (2) A person who makes an allegation under subsection (1) shall include \u2014 (a) details of his name and address; and (b) a written summary of the evidence as to the accuracy of his allegation. (3) Where a person fails to provide the details required under subsection (2) the Registrar shall not take any action in respect of the allegation. (4) (a) The Registrar shall, upon receiving an allegation against a member which contains the details specified in subsection (2) \u2014 (i) provide the member with the details of the allegation made against him; and (ii) permit the member to submit written representations on the matter. (b) If the Registrar is satisfied after considering the written representations of the member that the member has failed to comply with this Law, the Registrar shall report the matter to the Committee. (c) The Registrar shall upon receiving an allegation against a declarant other than a member \u2014 (i) provide that declarant with details of the allegation against him; and (ii) hear the declarant and any witnesses the person making the allegation and the declarant desire to call. (d) If the Registrar, after hearing the declarant and any witnesses, is satisfied that the declarant has failed to comply with this Law, the Registrar shall refuse the declarant entry to the Legislative Assembly for a period of one year or such longer period as the Registrar may determine. (5) Where a member confirms that an allegation is true, the Committee shall not later than 2 days after such confirmation, submit a report of the matter to the Legislative Assembly which may be accompanied by a recommendation of the action to be taken. (6) The Committee shall, where a member disputes the allegation, within 21 days \u2014 (a) hear the evidence of both the member and the person making the accusation; (b) hear the evidence of any witnesses the member or the person making the allegation desire to call; and (c) consider any written representations made by the member or the person making the allegation, Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 and may thereafter, if it is satisfied that the allegation is well-founded, submit a report of the matter to the Legislative Assembly. (7) The Legislative Assembly shall debate any report submitted by the Committee under this section at a special sitting of the House which shall be held within 14 days. (8) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is satisfied that the member is in breach as alleged, the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000 and suspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Contempt of the Legislative Assembly 11. (1) Where a member fails to comply with any decision made by the Committee pursuant to section 8(1)(a) or fails to pay any fine imposed in pursuance of sections 8(3), 8(6), 9(6) or 10 (8) such failure shall constitute a contempt of the Assembly for which the Assembly may order the member\u2019s suspension from sitting and voting in the Assembly for such period as the Assembly may determine. (2) In the event of the member\u2019s contempt being purged to the satisfaction of the Assembly, the Assembly may lift the suspension in accordance with the procedure prescribed from time to time in the Legislative Assembly Standing Orders.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Computer records 12. (1) In this Law, \u201crecords\u201d includes any document in whatever form it is held. (2) Where any records are held in or kept by means of computer the powers of the Registrar to require the supply of information and production of records shall include powers \u2014 (a) to require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of a computer or associated apparatus which is or has been in use in connection with such information or records, to afford to the Registrar such assistance as he may reasonably require; and (b) to require the records to be produced or copied in any form which he may reasonably request.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Amendments to forms 13. The Committee shall have power to prescribe changes in the forms of declaration set out in Schedules 2 and 3 and the format of the register. Register of Interests Law, 1996 SCHEDULE 1 Law 13 of 1996 SCHEDULE 1 Offices and Occupations, the holders of which are required to register interests 1. The elected members of the Legislative Assembly. 2. The Speaker. 3. The Chief Secretary. 4. The Attorney-General. 5. The Financial Secretary. 6. The Registrar of Interests. 7. Candidates nominated for election to the Legislative Assembly. 8. Any person appointed to assume for the time being the functions of an office referred to in paragraphs 2 - 6 of this Schedule during the absence or incapacity of the holder of the office. 9. Any person having received permission to attend a meeting of the Legislative Assembly, or a meeting of any of its committees, for the purposes of reporting in any newspaper or periodical, or in any radio or television broadcast, the meeting or any matter related to the meeting. SCHEDULE 2 Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 SCHEDULE 2 Registration form for declaration of interests CAYMAN ISLANDS' LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REGISTRATION OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS REGISTRATION FORM The main purpose of the Register of Members' Interests is to provide information of any pecuniary interest or other material benefit which a Member receives which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions, speeches or votes in the Legislative Assembly, or actions taken in his or her capacity as a Member.  For the details of the information which is required to be registered, please refer first to the explanatory notes in each section of the form. If there is not enough space in any section of this Form for the information required, additional sheets may be attached to it; but each such sheet should carry the Member's signature. Subsequent changes or additions to your entry should be notified to the Registrar within one month of any change occurring. NAME (Block capitals, please): CONSTITUENCY: 1. DIRECTORSHIPS Do you have any remunerated or unremunerated directorships in any company which is not an exempt or non-resident company? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please list the names of the companies, briefly stating the nature of the business of the company in each case. Register of Interests Law, 1996 SCHEDULE 2 Law 13 of 1996 Notes: (i) You should include directorships which are individually unremunerated but where remuneration is paid through another company in the same group. (ii) In this category and category 2 (over) \u201cremunerated\u201d should be read as including allowances or benefits. 2. REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT, OFFICE, PROFESSION, ETC. Do you have any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation (apart from membership of the House or ministerial office) for which you are remunerated or in which you have any pecuniary interest? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please set out the details. Actual amounts of remuneration need not be stated. When registering employment with a company or firm, please briefly indicate the nature of its business. Note: Membership of Lloyd\u2019s should be registered under this category.  If you register membership of Lloyd\u2019s, you should also list your syndicate numbers for the current year and your membership of any syndicates which remain unclosed. 3. CLIENTS Does any of the paid employment registered in categories 1 or 2  entail the provision to clients of services which depend essentially upon or arise out of your position as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, including Official Members (see Note (i) below)? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please list all clients to whom you personally provide such services.  Please also state in each case the nature of the client's business. Notes: (i) The services covered by this category include action connected with any parliamentary proceeding, sponsoring meetings or functions in the Legislative Assembly building, making representations to Ministers, fellow Members or public servants, accompanying delegations to Ministers, and the provision of advice on parliamentary or public affairs. (ii) Where you receive remuneration from a company or partnership engaged in consultancy business which itself has clients, you should list any of those clients to whom you personally provide such services or advice, directly or indirectly. SCHEDULE 2 Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 4. SPONSORSHIP (a) Did you benefit from any sponsorship before your election, where, to your knowledge, the financial support in any case exceeded in aggregate $1,000? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please list your sponsor(s).  Where a company is named as sponsor, please indicate briefly the nature of its business, its directors and shareholders. (b) Do you benefit from any other form of sponsorship or financial or material support as a Member of the Legislative Assembly? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please give details, including the name of the person, organisation or company providing the support. Where a company is named, please indicate briefly the nature of the business, its directors and shareholders. (c) Do the arrangements registered under category 4(b) involve any payment to you or any material benefit or advantage which you personally receive? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) Notes: (i) You should register under this section any financial or material benefit, direct or indirect; for example the provision of free or subsidised accommodation, or the provision of the services of a research assistant free or at a subsidised salary rate. (ii) You should register money given to you by your election committee and money spent by your election committee in connection with your election with your written permission. (iii) Election candidates should note that, although they may not be able to answer question 4 at the time of their nomination, they will be required to complete a further declaration if they are elected. (iv) The answer to question 4(a) need not contain information in respect of elections which took place prior to the enactment of the Register of Interests Law 1996. 5. GIFTS, BENEFITS AND HOSPITALITY (CAYMAN ISLANDS) Have you, or your spouse to your knowledge, received any gift of a value greater than CI$175, or any material advantage of a value greater than 0.5 percent of the current parliamentary salary, from any company, organisation or person within the Cayman Islands which in any way relates to your membership of the House? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) Register of Interests Law, 1996 SCHEDULE 2 Law 13 of 1996 If yes, please give details. Notes: (i) You should include any hospitality given and services or facilities offered free or at a price below that generally available to members of the public, except that where the advantage is known to be available to all Members of the Legislative Assembly, it need not be registered. (ii) You should include not only gifts and material advantages received personally by you and your spouse, but also those received by any company or organisation in which you (or your and your spouse jointly) have a controlling interest. 6. OVERSEAS VISITS Have you or your spouse made any overseas visits relating to or in any way arising out of your Membership of the Legislative Assembly where the cost of the visit was not wholly borne by yourself or by the Cayman Islands\u2019 public funds? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please list relevant visits in chronological order. Countries visited                   Dates of visit                            Who paid? Note: You are not required to register visits undertaken on behalf of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, the North Atlantic Assembly or the CSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Other categories of overseas visits which are exempt from the requirement to register are listed in the guidance pamphlet on Registration and Declaration of Members\u2019 Interests. 7. OVERSEAS BENEFITS AND GIFTS Have you, or your spouse to your knowledge, received any gift of a value greater than CI$175 or any material advantage of a value greater than 0.5 percent of the current parliamentary salary, from or on behalf of any foreign Government, organisation or person which in any way relates to your Membership of the Legislative Assembly? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please give details. SCHEDULE 2 Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 Note: Overseas hospitality and travel facilities should be entered under category 6. Otherwise the notes under category 5 apply here also. 8. LAND Do you have any land, other than any home used solely for the personal residential purposes of you or your family. YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If yes, please indicate below the nature of the land (e.g. Estate, Farm, Smallholding, Woodland, Residential rented\/leasehold land, Commercial rented\/leasehold land) and give the section, block and parcel number, and the street and number (if appropriate) of the land in each case. Nature of Land Location Section No: Block No: Parcel No: Address: Section No: Block No: Parcel No: Address: Section No: Block No: Parcel No: Address: 9. SHAREHOLDINGS Do you have (either yourself or with or on behalf of your spouse or dependent children) interests in shareholdings in any company (other than exempt or non-resident companies)or other body which have a nominal value (a) greater than $25,000.00, or (b) less than $25,000.00 but greater than 1 percent of the issued share capital of the company or body? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) If so, please list each company or body, indicating in each case the nature of its business and whether your holding falls under sub-category (a) or (b) above. 10. MISCELLANEOUS If, bearing in mind the definition of purpose set out in the introduction to this Form, you have any relevant interests which you consider should be disclosed but which do not fall within the nine categories set out above, please list them: Register of Interests Law, 1996 SCHEDULE 2 Law 13 of 1996 I declare that the information contained in this declaration is a complete and accurate description of all of the interests that I am liable to declare under the Register of Interests Law 1996. SIGNATURE: DATE: SCHEDULE 3 Register of Interests Law, 1996 Law 13 of 1996 SCHEDULE 3 Registration form for declaration of journalists\u2019 interests CAYMAN ISLANDS\u2019 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY JOURNALISTS\u2019 REGISTRATION OF INTERESTS FORM 1. Have you any paid occupation or employment, other than that with your sponsoring employer for which you received permission to attend the Legislative Assembly, to which your access to the Legislative Assembly is relevant? YES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate) 2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, please state its name and, using a separate sheet of paper if necessary, the name of the employer or client, listing them in the following order: Names of Local publications Local radio Local television Newspapers Regional Newspaper group Other publications Press agencies Consultancies, naming clients for whom a service has been rendered Public relations companies, naming clients for whom a service has been rendered Register of Interests Law, 1996 SCHEDULE 3 Law 13 of 1996 Other organisations Other employment 3. If you are replacing another journalist or broadcaster, please give his or her SIGNATURE: DATE: Passed by the Legislative Assembly the 18th day of July, 1996. Sybil McLaughlin Speaker. 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Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title and commencement ..................................................................................................5\n2.\nInterpretation .............................................................................................................................5\n3.\nRegister of interests ...................................................................................................................6\n4.\nDeclaration of interests ..............................................................................................................6\n5.\nDuties of the Registrar ...............................................................................................................7\n6.\nInformation ................................................................................................................................8\n7.\nRegistrar\u2019s report .......................................................................................................................8\n8.\nReport submitted to Assembly ...................................................................................................9\n9.\nComplaints of members ........................................................................................................... 10\n10.\nComplaints by the public .......................................................................................................... 11\n11.\nContempt of the Legislative Assembly ..................................................................................... 12\n12.\nComputer records .................................................................................................................... 12\n13.\nAmendments to forms .............................................................................................................. 12\nSCHEDULE 1\n13\nOffices and Occupations, the holders of which are required to register interests\n13\nSCHEDULE 2\n14\nRegistration form for declaration of interests\n14\nSCHEDULE 3\n20\nRegistration form for declaration of journalists\u2019 interests\n20\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSection 1\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nREGISTER OF INTERESTS LAW, 1996\n(Law 13 of 1996)\nA LAW TO GIVE EFFECT TO SECTION 53A OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CAYMAN\nISLANDS AND FOR ALL PURPOSES INCIDENTAL THERETO AND CONNECTED\nTHEREWITH\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title and commencement\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Register of Interests Law, 1996 and shall come into\nforce on 8th October, 1996.\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Law unless the context otherwise requires \u2014\n\u201cchild\u201d means a person who has not attained the age of 18, and includes a\nstepchild, an adopted child and in the case of relationships between father and\nchild, an illegitimate child for whose upbringing the father has accepted some\nresponsibility;\n\u201cCommittee\u201d means the Standing Select Committee of the Legislative\nAssembly charged for the time being with the consideration of matters relating\nto the register of interests referred to in section 53A of the Constitution of the\nCayman Islands;\n\u201cdeclarant\u201d means the holder of an office or an occupation specified in\nSchedule 1 who is required to make a declaration of interests;\n\nSection 3\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 6\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\n\u201cdeclaration of interests\u201d means the declaration of interests referred to in\nsection 53A of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands and section 4;\n\u201cinterest\u201d means any beneficial interest in property held by or on behalf of a\nmember;\n\u201cmember\u201d means a member of the Legislative Assembly;\n\u201coffice\u201d includes membership of the Legislative Assembly; and \u201cassumes the\nfunctions of an office\u201d includes \u2014\n(a)\nthe occasion on which a person makes an oath of allegiance pursuant to\nsection 44 of the Constitution;\n(b) the occasion when a person has accepted a nomination as a candidate for\nan election; and\n(c)\nthe date on which the person having the occupation specified in paragraph\n9 of Schedule 1 first attends a meeting of the Legislative Assembly or any\nof its committees in the capacity of a journalist or reporter;\n\u201cregister\u201d means the Register of Interests established under section 3;\n\u201cRegistrar\u201d means the Registrar of Interests appointed by the Governor under\nsection 53A of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands.\n3.\nRegister of interests\n3.\n(1) The Registrar shall keep a register of interests in accordance with this Law.\n(2) The register shall contain \u2014\n(a)\na list of the offices and occupations specified in Schedule 1 the holders of\nwhich are required to make a declaration of interests to the Registrar under\nthis Law;\n(b) the names and addresses of the declarants; and\n(c)\nthe details of declarations of interests made in accordance with this Law.\n(3) The register shall be open for public inspection at the office of the Legislative\nAssembly at all times during normal business hours.\n4.\nDeclaration of interests\n4.\n(1) A declaration of interests under this section \u2014\n(a)\nshall be made in respect of interests held on the date on which the duty to\nmake the declaration arose; and\n(b) shall, where required by the registration form, include a declaration in\nrespect of the interests held on that date by a child or spouse of the\ndeclarant.\n(2) A declarant, other than the holder of an occupation specified in paragraph 9 of\nSchedule 1, shall make a declaration of interests in the form set out in Schedule\n2 to this Law \u2014\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSection 5\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 7\n\n(a)\non the date on which he assumes the functions of his office; and\n(b) on each subsequent anniversary of that date.\n(3) A declarant who is the holder of an occupation specified in paragraph 9 of\nSchedule 1 shall make a declaration of interests in the form set out in Schedule 3.\n(4)    (a) A declarant holding the office specified in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 shall\nnot be required to make a subsequent declaration if he is not elected to be\na member of the Legislative Assembly.\n(b) Where a person has made a declaration on the date of his acceptance of a\nnomination as an election candidate, he shall not be required, if elected, to\nmake a further declaration on the date that he makes an oath of allegiance\nin accordance with section 44 of the Constitution.\n(5) Where a declarant other than a declarant referred to in subsection 4(a) has made\na declaration of interests and he subsequently acquires a beneficial interest in\nproperty additional to that referred to in his previous declaration or declarations\nhe shall within 28 days of the acquisition make a further declaration of interests\nin respect of his interest in that additional property.\n(6) If any person, being a declarant other than a member, makes a declaration\ncontaining particulars which he knows, or ought to know, are false, he shall be\nguilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not\nexceeding $5,000.\n5.\nDuties of the Registrar\n5.\n(1) The Registrar shall act as Clerk to the Committee.\n(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Registrar shall enter in\nthe register the interests declared in every declaration of interests.\n(3) Before entering the interests declared in any declaration of interests in the\nregister, the Registrar shall, for the purpose of satisfying himself that a full and\naccurate declaration has been prepared \u2014\n(a)\nexamine each declaration and ensure that the declaration has been made in\nthe form set out in Schedule 2 to this Law; and\n(b) obtain from any declarant such information as in the opinion of the\nRegistrar, would assist him in examining a declaration furnished to him.\n(4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that an entry in the register has been made as a\nresult of a fraudulent or materially misleading declaration of interest \u2014\n(a)\nthe Registrar shall \u2014\n(i)\nmark the entry as cancelled; and\n(ii) by notice, require the declarant to make a new declaration of interests\nin respect of the interests held at the date the fraudulent or materially\nmisleading declaration was made;\n\nSection 6\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 8\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\nand\n(b) the declarant referred to in paragraph (a) shall be required to make the new\ndeclaration within 28 days from the date of the notice.\n(5) The Registrar shall mark as cancelled any entry which has been\nincorrectly made.\n6.\nInformation\n6.\n(1) The Registrar may by notice require any person to \u2014\n(a)\nsupply to him such information; and\n(b) produce to him such records,\nas may be specified in the notice, being information and records the supply and\nproduction of which the Committee considers necessary or desirable for the\npurpose of enabling the Registrar to carry out his functions under this Law.\n(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall require the information to be supplied and\nthe records to be produced within such period as may be specified in the notice\nbeing not less than 14 days from the date of the notice.\n(3) Where the Registrar gives a notice under subsection (1) to the declarant, the\nRegistrar shall not register that declaration unless \u2014\n(a)\nthe declarant complies with the notice; or\n(b) before the end of the period allowed for compliance, the declarant shows\nto the satisfaction of the Registrar that he has reasonable grounds for not\ncomplying with it.\n(4) If any person other than the declarant referred to in the notice fails without\nreasonable excuse to comply with a notice under subsection (1) he shall be\nguilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not\nexceeding $5,000.\n(5) If any person other than the declarant in purported compliance with a notice\nunder subsection (1), knowingly or recklessly supplies information which is\nfalse or misleading in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and\nliable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to\nimprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.\n7.\nRegistrar\u2019s report\n7.\nWhere a member \u2014\n(a)\nfails to make a declaration of interests under section 4 within a period of 3\nmonths from the date on which the duty to make that declaration accrued;\nor\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSection 8\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 9\n\n(b) fails to comply with a notice given by the Registrar under section 5 (4) and\nhas not within the period allowed for compliance with the notice, shown\nthat he has reasonable grounds for not complying with it; or\n(c)\nhas failed to comply with a notice given by the Registrar under section 6(1)\nand has not, before the end of the period allowed for compliance with the\nnotice, shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he has reasonable\ngrounds for not complying with it; or\n(d) has made a statement which the Registrar is satisfied is false or misleading\nin a material particular,\nthe member shall be in breach of the provisions of this Law, and the Registrar\nshall, within 14 days of the knowledge of such breach, submit a report of such\nbreach to the Committee, which shall meet to consider the report within 21 days\nof its submission.\n8.\nReport submitted to Assembly\n8.\n(1) After the receipt of a report from the Registrar and where the Committee, after\nhearing the member and such witnesses as the member desires to call, and after\ndue consideration of the matter, is satisfied that \u2014\n(a)\na member is in breach in accordance with section 7(a) and (c), the\nCommittee may require the member to remedy his failure by making the\ndeclaration of interests or complying with the notice of the Registrar within\nsuch period not exceeding 28 days as it may determine; or\n(b) a member is in breach in accordance with sections 7(b) or (d), the\nCommittee shall make a report to the Legislative Assembly which may be\naccompanied by a recommendation as to the type of action to be taken.\n(2) The Legislative Assembly shall debate the report submitted by the Committee\nunder subsection (1) at a special meeting to be held within 14 days of the date\nof the report.\n(3) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the findings of the\nCommittee is satisfied that the member is in breach as described in section 7(b)\nor (d), the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000 or\nsuspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not\nto exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may\ndetermine or both.\n(4) Where a member fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (l)(a)\nwithin the period determined under that section by the Committee, the\nCommittee shall prepare a report on that failure and present it to the Legislative\nAssembly.\n\nSection 9\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 10\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\n(5) The Legislative Assembly shall debate a report submitted by the Committee\nunder subsection (4) at a special meeting to be held within 14 days of the date\nof the report.\n(6) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is\nsatisfied that the member has failed to comply with a requirement under\nsubsection (1)(a) to remedy his earlier failure within the period determined by\nthe Committee, the Assembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding\n$5,000, or suspend the member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such\nperiod (not to exceed two consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the\nAssembly may determine or both.\n(7) A declarant other than a member who fails to comply with any notice given by\nthe Registrar under this Law or with any other provisions of this Law shall be\nrefused entry to the Legislative Assembly for such period as the Registrar may\ndetermine.\n9.\nComplaints of members\n9.\n(1) Where a member wishes to allege that a member is in breach of this Law relating\nto the declaration of interests that member shall make such allegation by\naffidavit to the Registrar, and shall include a written summary of the evidence\nas to the accuracy of his allegations.\n(2) The Registrar shall within 14 days refer any written allegation made by a\nmember to the Committee and shall provide to the member against whom the\nallegation is made details of the allegation.\n(3) The Committee shall, within 21 days of a referral of an allegation to it under this\nsection \u2014\n(a)\nhear the evidence of both members on oath; and\n(b) permit the member against whom the allegation is made to make written\nrepresentations and allow both members to call such witnesses as the\nmembers deem necessary to give evidence on oath.\n(4) After a hearing of the allegation the Committee, if the allegations are found to\nbe justified, shall report to the Legislative Assembly.\n(5) The Legislative Assembly shall debate any report submitted by the Committee\nunder subsection 4 at a special meeting within 14 days of the submission of the\nreport.\n(6) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is\nsatisfied that the member is in breach as alleged by the other member, the\nAssembly may impose on the member a fine not exceeding $5,000 or suspend\nthe member from sitting or voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed\ntwo consecutive meetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or\nboth.\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSection 10\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 11\n\n10.\nComplaints by the public\n10. (1) If any person other than a member wishes to allege that a declarant is in breach\nof this Law relating to the declaration of interests, that person shall make such\nallegation by affidavit to the Registrar.\n(2) A person who makes an allegation under subsection (1) shall include \u2014\n(a)\ndetails of his name and address; and\n(b) a written summary of the evidence as to the accuracy of his allegation.\n(3) Where a person fails to provide the details required under subsection (2) the\nRegistrar shall not take any action in respect of the allegation.\n(4) (a) The Registrar shall, upon receiving an allegation against a member which\ncontains the details specified in subsection (2) \u2014\n(i)\nprovide the member with the details of the allegation made against\nhim; and\n(ii) permit the member to submit written representations on the matter.\n(b) If the Registrar is satisfied after considering the written representations of\nthe member that the member has failed to comply with this Law, the\nRegistrar shall report the matter to the Committee.\n(c)\nThe Registrar shall upon receiving an allegation against a declarant other\nthan a member \u2014\n(i)\nprovide that declarant with details of the allegation against him; and\n(ii) hear the declarant and any witnesses the person making the allegation\nand the declarant desire to call.\n(d) If the Registrar, after hearing the declarant and any witnesses, is satisfied\nthat the declarant has failed to comply with this Law, the Registrar shall\nrefuse the declarant entry to the Legislative Assembly for a period of one\nyear or such longer period as the Registrar may determine.\n(5) Where a member confirms that an allegation is true, the Committee shall not\nlater than 2 days after such confirmation, submit a report of the matter to the\nLegislative Assembly which may be accompanied by a recommendation of the\naction to be taken.\n(6) The Committee shall, where a member disputes the allegation, within\n21 days \u2014\n(a)\nhear the evidence of both the member and the person making the\naccusation;\n(b) hear the evidence of any witnesses the member or the person making the\nallegation desire to call; and\n(c)\nconsider any written representations made by the member or the person\nmaking the allegation,\n\nSection 11\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 12\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\nand may thereafter, if it is satisfied that the allegation is well-founded, submit a\nreport of the matter to the Legislative Assembly.\n(7) The Legislative Assembly shall debate any report submitted by the Committee\nunder this section at a special sitting of the House which shall be held within 14\ndays.\n(8) Where the Legislative Assembly, after debating the report of the Committee is\nsatisfied that the member is in breach as alleged, the Assembly may impose on\nthe member a fine not exceeding $5,000 and suspend the member from sitting\nor voting in the Assembly for such period (not to exceed two consecutive\nmeetings of the Assembly) as the Assembly may determine or both.\n11.\nContempt of the Legislative Assembly\n11. (1) Where a member fails to comply with any decision made by the Committee\npursuant to section 8(1)(a) or fails to pay any fine imposed in pursuance of\nsections 8(3), 8(6), 9(6) or 10 (8) such failure shall constitute a contempt of the\nAssembly for which the Assembly may order the member\u2019s suspension from\nsitting and voting in the Assembly for such period as the Assembly may\ndetermine.\n(2) In the event of the member\u2019s contempt being purged to the satisfaction of the\nAssembly, the Assembly may lift the suspension in accordance with the\nprocedure prescribed from time to time in the Legislative Assembly Standing\nOrders.\n12.\nComputer records\n12. (1) In this Law, \u201crecords\u201d includes any document in whatever form it is held.\n(2) Where any records are held in or kept by means of computer the powers of the\nRegistrar to require the supply of information and production of records shall\ninclude powers \u2014\n(a)\nto require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the\noperation of a computer or associated apparatus which is or has been in\nuse in connection with such information or records, to afford to the\nRegistrar such assistance as he may reasonably require; and\n(b) to require the records to be produced or copied in any form which he may\nreasonably request.\n13.\nAmendments to forms\n13. The Committee shall have power to prescribe changes in the forms of declaration set\nout in Schedules 2 and 3 and the format of the register.\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 13\n\n SCHEDULE 1\nSection 3\nOffices and Occupations, the holders of which are required to\nregister interests\n1.\nThe elected members of the Legislative Assembly.\n2.\nThe Speaker.\n3.\nThe Chief Secretary.\n4.\nThe Attorney-General.\n5.\nThe Financial Secretary.\n6.\nThe Registrar of Interests.\n7.\nCandidates nominated for election to the Legislative Assembly.\n8.\nAny person appointed to assume for the time being the functions of an office referred\nto in paragraphs 2 - 6 of this Schedule during the absence or incapacity of the holder of the\noffice.\n9.\nAny person having received permission to attend a meeting of the Legislative\nAssembly, or a meeting of any of its committees, for the purposes of reporting in any\nnewspaper or periodical, or in any radio or television broadcast, the meeting or any matter\nrelated to the meeting.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 14\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nSection 4\nRegistration form for declaration of interests\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS' LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\n\nREGISTRATION OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS\n\nREGISTRATION FORM\n\nThe main purpose of the Register of Members' Interests is to provide information of any\npecuniary interest or other material benefit which a Member receives which might\nreasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions, speeches or votes in the\nLegislative Assembly, or actions taken in his or her capacity as a Member.  For the details\nof the information which is required to be registered, please refer first to the explanatory\nnotes in each section of the form.\n\nIf there is not enough space in any section of this Form for the information required,\nadditional sheets may be attached to it; but each such sheet should carry the Member's\nsignature.\n\nSubsequent changes or additions to your entry should be notified to the Registrar within\none month of any change occurring.\n\nNAME (Block capitals, please):\n\nCONSTITUENCY:\n\n1. DIRECTORSHIPS\nDo you have any remunerated or unremunerated directorships in any company which is\nnot an exempt or non-resident company?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please list the names of the companies, briefly stating the nature of the business of\nthe company in each case.\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 15\n\nNotes:\n(i)\nYou should include directorships which are individually unremunerated\nbut where remuneration is paid through another company in the same group.\n\n(ii) In this category and category 2 (over) \u201cremunerated\u201d should be read as\nincluding allowances or benefits.\n\n2. REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT, OFFICE, PROFESSION, ETC.\nDo you have any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation (apart from\nmembership of the House or ministerial office) for which you are remunerated or in which\nyou have any pecuniary interest?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please set out the details. Actual amounts of remuneration need not be stated.\nWhen registering employment with a company or firm, please briefly indicate the nature\nof its business.\n\nNote:\nMembership of Lloyd\u2019s should be registered under this category.  If you register\nmembership of Lloyd\u2019s, you should also list your syndicate numbers for the current year\nand your membership of any syndicates which remain unclosed.\n\n3. CLIENTS\nDoes any of the paid employment registered in categories 1 or 2  entail the provision to\nclients of services which depend essentially upon or arise out of your position as a Member\nof the Legislative Assembly, including Official Members (see Note (i) below)?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please list all clients to whom you personally provide such services.  Please also\nstate in each case the nature of the client's business.\n\nNotes:\n(i)\nThe services covered by this category include action connected with any\nparliamentary proceeding, sponsoring meetings or functions in the Legislative Assembly\nbuilding, making representations to Ministers, fellow Members or public servants,\naccompanying delegations to Ministers, and the provision of advice on parliamentary or\npublic affairs.\n\n(ii) Where you receive remuneration from a company or partnership engaged\nin consultancy business which itself has clients, you should list any of those clients to\nwhom you personally provide such services or advice, directly or indirectly.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 16\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\n4. SPONSORSHIP\n(a) Did you benefit from any sponsorship before your election, where, to your\nknowledge, the financial support in any case exceeded in aggregate $1,000?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please list your sponsor(s).  Where a company is named as sponsor, please indicate\nbriefly the nature of its business, its directors and shareholders.\n\n(b) Do you benefit from any other form of sponsorship or financial or material support as\na Member of the Legislative Assembly?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please give details, including the name of the person, organisation or company\nproviding the support. Where a company is named, please indicate briefly the nature of the\nbusiness, its directors and shareholders.\n\n(c) Do the arrangements registered under category 4(b) involve any payment to you or\nany material benefit or advantage which you personally receive?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nNotes:\n(i)\nYou should register under this section any financial or material benefit,\ndirect or indirect; for example the provision of free or subsidised accommodation, or the\nprovision of the services of a research assistant free or at a subsidised salary rate.\n\n(ii) You should register money given to you by your election committee and\nmoney spent by your election committee in connection with your election with your written\npermission.\n\n(iii) Election candidates should note that, although they may not be able to\nanswer question 4 at the time of their nomination, they will be required to complete a further\ndeclaration if they are elected.\n\n(iv) The answer to question 4(a) need not contain information in respect of\nelections which took place prior to the enactment of the Register of Interests Law 1996.\n\n5. GIFTS, BENEFITS AND HOSPITALITY (CAYMAN ISLANDS)\nHave you, or your spouse to your knowledge, received any gift of a value greater than\nCI$175, or any material advantage of a value greater than 0.5 percent of the current\nparliamentary salary, from any company, organisation or person within the Cayman Islands\nwhich in any way relates to your membership of the House?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 17\n\nIf yes, please give details.\n\nNotes:\n(i)\nYou should include any hospitality given and services or facilities offered\nfree or at a price below that generally available to members of the public, except that where\nthe advantage is known to be available to all Members of the Legislative Assembly, it need\nnot be registered.\n\n(ii) You should include not only gifts and material advantages received\npersonally by you and your spouse, but also those received by any company or organisation\nin which you (or your and your spouse jointly) have a controlling interest.\n\n6. OVERSEAS VISITS\nHave you or your spouse made any overseas visits relating to or in any way arising out of\nyour Membership of the Legislative Assembly where the cost of the visit was not wholly\nborne by yourself or by the Cayman Islands\u2019 public funds?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please list relevant visits in chronological order.\n\nCountries visited                   Dates of visit                            Who paid?\n\nNote:\nYou are not required to register visits undertaken on behalf of the\nCommonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Council of\nEurope, the Western European Union, the North Atlantic Assembly or the CSCE\nParliamentary Assembly. Other categories of overseas visits which are exempt from the\nrequirement to register are listed in the guidance pamphlet on Registration and Declaration\nof Members\u2019 Interests.\n\n7. OVERSEAS BENEFITS AND GIFTS\nHave you, or your spouse to your knowledge, received any gift of a value greater than\nCI$175 or any material advantage of a value greater than 0.5 percent of the current\nparliamentary salary, from or on behalf of any foreign Government, organisation or person\nwhich in any way relates to your Membership of the Legislative Assembly?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please give details.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 18\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\nNote:\nOverseas hospitality and travel facilities should be entered under category 6.\nOtherwise the notes under category 5 apply here also.\n\n8. LAND\nDo you have any land, other than any home used solely for the personal residential purposes\nof you or your family.\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf yes, please indicate below the nature of the land (e.g. Estate, Farm, Smallholding,\nWoodland, Residential rented\/leasehold land, Commercial rented\/leasehold land) and give\nthe section, block and parcel number, and the street and number (if appropriate) of the land\nin each case.\n\nNature of Land\n\nLocation\n\n...........................................\nSection No:\n\nBlock No:\n\nParcel No:\n\nAddress:\n\n...........................................\nSection No:\n\nBlock No:\n\nParcel No:\n\nAddress:\n\n...........................................\nSection No:\n\nBlock No:\n\nParcel No:\n\nAddress:\n\n9. SHAREHOLDINGS\nDo you have (either yourself or with or on behalf of your spouse or dependent children)\ninterests in shareholdings in any company (other than exempt or non-resident companies)or\nother body which have a nominal value (a) greater than $25,000.00, or (b) less than\n$25,000.00 but greater than 1 percent of the issued share capital of the company or body?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\nIf so, please list each company or body, indicating in each case the nature of its business\nand whether your holding falls under sub-category (a) or (b) above.\n\n10. MISCELLANEOUS\nIf, bearing in mind the definition of purpose set out in the introduction to this Form, you\nhave any relevant interests which you consider should be disclosed but which do not fall\nwithin the nine categories set out above, please list them:\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 19\n\nI declare that the information contained in this declaration is a complete and accurate\ndescription of all of the interests that I am liable to declare under the Register of Interests\nLaw 1996.\n\nSIGNATURE:\n\nDATE:\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\n\nPage 20\nLaw 13 of 1996\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nRegistration form for declaration of journalists\u2019 interests\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\u2019 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\n\nJOURNALISTS\u2019 REGISTRATION OF INTERESTS FORM\n\nNAME Mr\/Mrs\/Miss........................................................................................\n\nSponsoring Employer.......................................................................................\n\n1.\nHave you any paid occupation or employment, other than that with your sponsoring\nemployer for which you received permission to attend the Legislative Assembly, to\nwhich your access to the Legislative Assembly is relevant?\n\nYES\/NO  (Please delete as appropriate)\n\n2.\nIf the answer to question 1 is yes, please state its name and, using a separate sheet of\npaper if necessary, the name of the employer or client, listing them in the following\norder:\n\nNames of Local publications\nLocal radio\nLocal television\nNewspapers\nRegional Newspaper group\nOther publications\nPress agencies\nConsultancies, naming clients for whom a service has been rendered\nPublic relations companies, naming clients for whom a service has been\nrendered\n\nRegister of Interests Law, 1996\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nLaw 13 of 1996\nPage 21\n\nOther organisations\nOther employment\n3.\nIf you are replacing another journalist or broadcaster, please give his or her\nname:.......................................................................\n\nSIGNATURE:\n\nDATE:\n\nPassed by the Legislative Assembly the 18th day of July, 1996.\nSybil McLaughlin\nSpeaker.\nGeorgette Myrie\nClerk of the Legislative Assembly.","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:37:18.363997+00","cms_id":"1996-0013","law_type":"principal","year":"1996","number":"13","title":"Register of Interests Act","status":"repealed"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"6146","expr_id":"1271","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1996\/1996-0013\/1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.akn.xml","content_md5":"edddcec0e00715b8dd984b8287a97ccf","byte_size":"33405","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:37:18.526758+00"},{"file_id":"2541","expr_id":"1271","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1996\/1996-0013\/1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/PRINCIPAL\/1996\/1996-0013\/1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","content_md5":"8af2d802cdb698f9c68283b4457cfe98","byte_size":"929625","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:10.672293+00"},{"file_id":"2542","expr_id":"1271","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1996\/1996-0013\/1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1996\/1996-0013\/1996-0013_Act 13 of 1996.pdf","content_md5":"8af2d802cdb698f9c68283b4457cfe98","byte_size":"929625","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:10.672293+00"}],"paragraph_count":14,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"1271","doc_id":"1271","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"76","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise}","llm_categories":"{}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"medium\": 2}","finding_summary":"repeated line furniture detected: cayman islands x4; register of interests law 1996 x21; law 13 of 1996 x22; duplicate-line ratio is 15.73%","assessed_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:45.303865+00","updated_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:45.303865+00"}}