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ARTICLE · 08 DECEMBER 2008

Key Facts About The Foundations (Jersey) Law 200[-]

Must be incorporated by a "Qualified Person" on behalf of the founder, and an application for incorporation must be accompanied by the foundation charter.

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Must be incorporated by a "Qualified Person" on behalf of the founder, and an application for incorporation must be accompanied by the foundation charter.

At incorporation, the Qualified Person must certify that a specific Qualified Person will become a member of the foundation council.

The name of the foundation must end with the word "Foundation" or its equivalent in a foreign language.

Entry in the Register is conclusive evidence that on the date set out the foundation was incorporated and the requirements of the Foundations Law were met.

A foundation cannot engage in commercial trading other than trading which is incidental to the attainment of its objects.

The Charter must be lodged with the Registrar on incorporation, and must specify (i) the name of the foundation; (ii) the objects for which the foundation was established (which can be charitable or non-charitable or both and can be for the benefit of people or purposes or both); (iii) the names and

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