All provisions · Beneficial Ownership Regulations 2020 · Register, declarations and review
r.13 Periodic review of beneficial owners
(1) Every legal person or legal arrangement shall, at least once in every calendar year, review and verify its beneficial owners, including any changes required to be made to the registerable particulars of a beneficial owner.
Provided that at least one review and verification shall be undertaken within 3 months before the anniversary of its registration under its respective statutory legislation.
(2) Every legal person or legal arrangement shall, not later than 1 month from the anniversary of its registration under its respective statutory legislation, keep a declaration of compliance with subregulation (1) at the principal place of business of its resident agent in Seychelles.
(3) A legal person or legal arrangement shall not provide a false or misleading declaration under sub-regulation (1).
(4) A legal person or legal arrangement which fails to comply with subregulation (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding SCR20,000.
(5) This regulation shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint. (Substituted by S.I. 32 of 2023; in force 1 October 2024 by S.I. 77 of 2024)
Provided that at least one review and verification shall be undertaken within 3 months before the anniversary of its registration under its respective statutory legislation.
(2) Every legal person or legal arrangement shall, not later than 1 month from the anniversary of its registration under its respective statutory legislation, keep a declaration of compliance with subregulation (1) at the principal place of business of its resident agent in Seychelles.
(3) A legal person or legal arrangement shall not provide a false or misleading declaration under sub-regulation (1).
(4) A legal person or legal arrangement which fails to comply with subregulation (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding SCR20,000.
(5) This regulation shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint. (Substituted by S.I. 32 of 2023; in force 1 October 2024 by S.I. 77 of 2024)
Amendments
S.I. 32 of 2023, 28.04.2023
in force since 1 October 2024 (S.I. 77 of 2024)
Annual review and verification of beneficial owners, declaration of compliance.
Official source: Beneficial Ownership Regulations, 2020 (S.I. 107 of 2020), Consolidated by us with S.I. 32 of 2023 and S.I. 64 of 2025; S.I. 7 of 2025 made but not yet in force
