All provisions · Beneficial Ownership Regulations 2020 · Preliminary
r.2 Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Act” means the Beneficial Ownership Act, 2020 (Act 4 of 2020);
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under regulation 16(2);
“database” means the Seychelles Beneficial Ownership database maintained under section 13 of the Act;
“foreign counterparts” means the foreign competent authorities exercising functions and responsibilities in relation to the cooperation which is sought, though such foreign competent authorities have different nomenclature or status; and
“specified entities” means the entities specified in the Second Schedule and referred to in section 13(4) of the Act.
“Act” means the Beneficial Ownership Act, 2020 (Act 4 of 2020);
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under regulation 16(2);
“database” means the Seychelles Beneficial Ownership database maintained under section 13 of the Act;
“foreign counterparts” means the foreign competent authorities exercising functions and responsibilities in relation to the cooperation which is sought, though such foreign competent authorities have different nomenclature or status; and
“specified entities” means the entities specified in the Second Schedule and referred to in section 13(4) of the Act.
Amendments
S.I. 7 of 2025, 27.01.2025 · Made, not yet in force
made 17 January 2025, comes into operation on a date the Minister appoints by notice in the Gazette; no such notice found (13 November 2026)
Inserts definitions of "alternate compliance officer" and "compliance officer" (section 34 of the AML/CFT Act).
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
