Early Developments
Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory, is a relatively recent international financial services jurisdiction. The main pieces of legislation, which were either new or brought up to date since 1995, were:
- Companies Act
- International Business Companies Act
- Limited Liability Company Act
- Limited Partnership Act
- Company Management Act
- Trust Act
- Fraudulent Dispositions Act
- Offshore Banks and Trust Companies Act
- Confidential Relationships Act
The above acts provided at the time the basic legislative framework for a financial services centre. It should be noted that in 2000 the Government of Anguilla carried out a complete law revision exercise with the result that all the country’s laws, including financial services laws, are available on one CD-Rom. They are additionally available in paper form in a set of ten books, which are updated periodically to cover new laws and amendments to existing laws. This law revision exercise is the responsibility of
