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This Act may be cited as the Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025. 2. Amendment of section 4 of the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2024 - meaning of beneficial owner 2. The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023, in this Act referred to as the \u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended in section 4 as follows \u2014 (a) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection \u2014 \u201c(3) Where a trust meets one of the specified conditions in respect of an individual under subsection (1), a trustee of the trust shall be identified as the contact person.\u201d; and I Assent, Jane Owen Governor Date: 18th February, 2025 Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025 (b) in subsection (4), by deleting the words \u201cindividual who meets the definition of a beneficial owner pursuant to subsection (1) or (3)\u201d and substituting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner or a trustee identified in accordance with subsection (3)\u201d. 3. Amendment of section 6 - duty of legal persons to identify registrable beneficial owners, etc. 3. The principal Act is amended in section 6(2)(c) by deleting the words \u201ca trust referred to in section 4(3)\u201d and substituting the words \u201cthe trust identified in accordance with section 4(3) or the individual identified in accordance with section 4(4)\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 10 - exemption 4. The principal Act is amended in section 10 by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection \u2014 \u201c(3) A company that is \u2014 (a) designated as a company to which section 80 of the Companies Act (2023 Revision) applies; or (b) registered in accordance with section 7 the Non-Profit Organisations Act (2020 Revision), is exempt from the provisions of this Act.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 11 - corporate services providers to review particulars 5. The principal Act is amended in section 11 as follows \u2014 (a) in subsection (3), by deleting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner\u201d and substituting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner, a senior managing official or a trustee identified in accordance with section 4(3)\u201d; and (b) in subsection (4), by deleting the words \u201cthe required particulars if the required particulars have been\u201d and substituting the words \u201cthe identity of the beneficial owner or reportable legal entity if the identity of the beneficial owner or reportable legal entity has been\u201d. 6. Amendment of section 12 - required particulars and written confirmation required for categories of legal persons 6. The principal Act is amended in section 12 as follows \u2014 (a) in subsection (4) by repealing paragraph (e), and substituting the following paragraph \u2014 \u201c(e) for persons under subsection (1)(e), where the registrable beneficial owner, senior managing official or trustee identified in accordance with section 4(3) is an individual, the required particulars set out in subsection (5) or (6) or, where the registrable beneficial owner or Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025 trustee identified in accordance with section 4(3) is a corporate entity, the required particulars set out in subsection (7).\u201d; (b) in subsection (8), by deleting the words \u201cA licensed fund administrator or the contact person under subsection (4)(c) shall provide\u201d and substituting the words \u201cThe legal person shall appoint the licensed fund administrator or the contact person referred to in subsection (4)(c) and shall be responsible for the licensed fund administrator or the contact person providing\u201d; and (c) by repealing subsection (9) and substituting the following subsections \u2014 \u201c(9) Where a legal person is being wound up, the corporate services provider or the liquidator shall provide the competent authority with the details of the liquidator along with the details of the registrable beneficial owners as at the date of the appointment of the liquidator, where the details of the registrable beneficial owners are held, as soon as may be reasonably practicable. 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meaning\nof beneficial owner .....................................................................................................................5\n3.\nAmendment of section 6 - duty of legal persons to identify registrable beneficial owners,\netc. ............................................................................................................................................6\n4.\nAmendment of section 10 - exemption .......................................................................................6\n5.\nAmendment of section 11 - corporate services providers to review particulars ...........................6\n6.\nAmendment of section 12 - required particulars and written confirmation required for\ncategories of legal persons ........................................................................................................6\n7.\nAmendment of section 13 - duty to establish and maintain register ............................................7\n8.\nAmendment of section 16 - retention on the register ..................................................................8\n9.\nAmendment of section 22 - access to beneficial ownership information .....................................8\n10.\nInsertion of section 22A - protection of searches from dissemination ....................................... 10\n\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\nSection 1\n\nc\nAct 3 of 2025\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nBENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY\n(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025\n(Act 3 of 2025)\nAN ACT TO AMEND THE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY ACT, 2023 TO\nAMEND THE MEANING OF \u201cBENEFICIAL OWNER\u201d; TO EMPOWER THE COMPETENT\nAUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SEARCH PLATFORM TO THE CUSTOMS\nAND BORDER CONTROL SERVICE, AMONG OTHER ENTITIES; TO ENSURE THE\nCONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LEGISLATIVE\nFRAMEWORK; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act,\n2025.\n2.\nAmendment of section 4 of the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2024\n- meaning of beneficial owner\n2.\nThe Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023, in this Act referred to as the\n\u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended in section 4 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(3) Where a trust meets one of the specified conditions in respect of an\nindividual under subsection (1), a trustee of the trust shall be\nidentified as the contact person.\u201d; and\n(Act 3 of 2025)\nI Assent,\nJane Owen\nGovernor\nDate: 18th February, 2025\n\nSection 3\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\n\nPage 6\nAct 3 of 2025\nc\n\n(b) in subsection (4), by deleting the words \u201cindividual who meets the\ndefinition of a beneficial owner pursuant to subsection (1) or (3)\u201d and\nsubstituting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner or a trustee identified\nin accordance with subsection (3)\u201d.\n3.\nAmendment of section 6 - duty of legal persons to identify registrable\nbeneficial owners, etc.\n3.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 6(2)(c) by deleting the words \u201ca trust referred\nto in section 4(3)\u201d and substituting the words \u201cthe trust identified in accordance with\nsection 4(3) or the individual identified in accordance with section 4(4)\u201d.\n4.\nAmendment of section 10 - exemption\n4.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 10 by repealing subsection (3) and\nsubstituting the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(3) A company that is \u2014\n(a) designated as a company to which section 80 of the Companies\nAct (2023 Revision) applies; or\n(b) registered in accordance with section 7 the Non-Profit\nOrganisations Act (2020 Revision),\nis exempt from the provisions of this Act.\u201d.\n5.\nAmendment of section 11 - corporate services providers to review\nparticulars\n5.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 11 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin subsection (3), by deleting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner\u201d and\nsubstituting the words \u201cregistrable beneficial owner, a senior managing\nofficial or a trustee identified in accordance with section 4(3)\u201d; and\n(b) in subsection (4), by deleting the words \u201cthe required particulars if the\nrequired particulars have been\u201d and substituting the words \u201cthe identity of\nthe beneficial owner or reportable legal entity if the identity of the\nbeneficial owner or reportable legal entity has been\u201d.\n6.\nAmendment of section 12 - required particulars and written confirmation\nrequired for categories of legal persons\n6.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 12 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin subsection (4) by repealing paragraph (e), and substituting the following\nparagraph \u2014\n\u201c(e) for persons under subsection (1)(e), where the registrable beneficial\nowner, senior managing official or trustee identified in accordance\nwith section 4(3) is an individual, the required particulars set out in\nsubsection (5) or (6) or, where the registrable beneficial owner or\n\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\nSection 7\n\nc\nAct 3 of 2025\nPage 7\n\ntrustee identified in accordance with section 4(3) is a corporate entity,\nthe required particulars set out in subsection (7).\u201d;\n(b) in subsection (8), by deleting the words \u201cA licensed fund administrator or\nthe contact person under subsection (4)(c) shall provide\u201d and substituting\nthe words \u201cThe legal person shall appoint the licensed fund administrator\nor the contact person referred to in subsection (4)(c) and shall be\nresponsible for the licensed fund administrator or the contact person\nproviding\u201d; and\n(c)\nby repealing subsection (9) and substituting the following subsections \u2014\n\u201c(9) Where a legal person is being wound up, the corporate services\nprovider or the liquidator shall provide the competent authority with\nthe details of the liquidator along with the details of the registrable\nbeneficial owners as at the date of the appointment of the liquidator,\nwhere the details of the registrable beneficial owners are held, as soon\nas may be reasonably practicable.\n(10) For the purposes of subsection (9), \u201cliquidator\u201d means either the\nliquidator, the provisional liquidator or the joint liquidator as the case\nmay be.\u201d.\n7.\nAmendment of section 13 - duty to establish and maintain register\n7.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 13 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(1) A corporate services provider shall establish and maintain a register\ncontaining adequate, accurate and current beneficial ownership\ninformation in relation to the legal person that has engaged the\ncorporate services provider in the form of required particulars in\naccordance with section 12.\u201d; and\n(b) in subsection (4), by repealing paragraph (a) and substituting the following\nparagraph \u2014\n\u201c(a) \u201cadequate beneficial ownership information\u201d means information\nthat is sufficient to identify a registrable beneficial owner, the senior\nmanaging official or a trustee identified in accordance with section\n4(3) and the means and the mechanisms through which beneficial\nownership or control is exercised;\u201d.\n\nSection 8\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\n\nPage 8\nAct 3 of 2025\nc\n\n8.\nAmendment of section 16 - retention on the register\n8.\nThe principal Act is amended by repealing section 16 and substituting the following\nsection \u2014\n\u201cRetention on the register\n16. Where a registrable beneficial owner, a senior managing official or a\ntrustee identified in accordance with section 4(3) is no longer a registrable\nbeneficial owner, senior managing official or trustee identified in\naccordance with section 4(3) of the legal person, the corporate services\nprovider engaged by the legal person shall \u2014\n(a)\nremove the related entry from the legal person\u2019s beneficial\nownership register: and\n(b) retain the related record for five years from the date on which\nthe registrable beneficial owner, senior managing official or\ntrustee identified in accordance with section 4(3) ceased to\nfunction in the respective role in relation to the legal person.\u201d.\n9.\nAmendment of section 22 - access to beneficial ownership information\n9.\nThe principal Act is amended as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin subsection (2) as follows \u2014\n(i)\nby inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph \u2014\n\u201c(aa) the Customs and Border Control Service established under\nsection 3 of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024\nRevision);\u201d;\n(ii) by inserting after paragraph (h), the following paragraph \u2014\n\u201c(ha)an entity within the meaning of section 2 of the Public\nManagement and Finance Act (2020 Revision) that has received\npermission from the Cabinet for the purpose of carrying out its\nstatutory duties;\u201d;\n(iii) in paragraph (i), by deleting the words \u201cProcurement Act (2023\nRevision); and\u201d and substituting the words \u201cProcurement Act (2023\nRevision)\u201d;\n(iv) by inserting after paragraph (i), the following paragraph \u2014\n\u201c(ia) a foreign beneficial ownership competent authority that\nexercises similar functions and has similar responsibilities as the\ncompetent authority or a foreign competent authority with\ndesignated responsibility for combatting money laundering or\nterrorist financing; and\u201d; and\n\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\nSection 9\n\nc\nAct 3 of 2025\nPage 9\n\n(v) in paragraph (j), by repealing subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) and\nsubstituting the following subparagraphs \u2014\n\u201c(ii) subject to subsection (2A), a licensed financial institution; or\n(iii) subject to subsection (2A), a designated non-financial business\nand profession under regulation 55A of the Anti-Money\nLaundering Regulations (2023 Revision).\u201d;\n(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(2A)Access to the information on the search platform for a licensed\nfinancial institution under subsection (2)(j)(ii) and a designated nonfinancial business and profession under subsection (2)(j)(iii) in\nrespect of \u2014\n(a)\nan individual is limited to \u2014\n(i)\nname;\n(ii) country of residence;\n(iii) nationality;\n(iv) date of birth;\n(v) information from the individual\u2019s government-issued\nidentification document; and\n(vi) nature of control; and\n(b) a  corporate entity, is limited to \u2014\n(i)\nname;\n(ii) registered office;\n(iii) legal form;\n(iv) registration number; and\n(v) nature of control.\u201d;\n(c)\nin subsection (6) as follows \u2014\n(i)\nin paragraph (a), by deleting the words \u201cwho is a registrable\nbeneficial owner\u201d and substituting the words \u201c, except where the\nindividual is a minor within the meaning of section 2 of the Age of\nMajority Act (1999 Revision)\u201d; and\n(ii) by repealing paragraph (b) and substituting the following\nparagraph \u2014\n\u201c(b) for a corporate entity \u2014\n(i)\nname;\n(ii) registered office;\n(iii) legal form;\n(iv) registration number, where held; and\n\nSection 10\nBeneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025\n\nPage 10\nAct 3 of 2025\nc\n\n(v) nature of control.\u201d; and\n(d) by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(8) The competent authority shall keep a record of access to the search\nplatform, the date and time when it was accessed and the purpose for\nwhich it was accessed.\u201d.\n10.\nInsertion of section 22A - protection of searches from dissemination\n10. The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 22 the following section \u2014\n\u201cProtection of searches from dissemination\n22A.Where access to the search platform is provided in accordance with section\n22, any information relating to the access to the beneficial ownership\nregister and the actual information accessed shall be an exempt matter for\nthe purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (2021 Revision).\u201d.\nPassed by the Parliament the 6th day of February, 2025.\nHon. 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