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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Twenty -three.
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I echo the Premier's comments and compliments to the draftspersons and policymakers who are working in this complicated space. The Opposition is supportive of the Government 's efforts to adapt to the changing regulatory environment that provides certain global mandates to us, and to that end, I will effectively sort of continue the points the …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Page 5, clause 6( 3).
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As it relates to c lause 8, which is on page 6, dealing with the “L egal person to issue notice to beneficial owners, ” clause 8( 1) provides for a legal person, in this case a company, will “give notice in writing ” to beneficial owners. And it then goes on to say in …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. It is clause 9, 9(1) specifically, speaking to the verification of identity based on documents, data, and information.
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to speak to the clause 17, Notice by legal person imposing restrictions . [Clause] 17 is quite a large section, about a page and a half, and it is depicting an enforcement regime effectively being un-dertaken by the legal person against its beneficial owners where they are not providing certain kinds of …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
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I had asked the Premier questions relating to the enforcement regime.
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That is it, Mr. Chair man.
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Sort of building on the point that it is onerous, the technical expertise required to undertake an enforcement action a s something as legally complex as an enforcement action, but this one is actually quite unique as well because it has elements of disagreement between two Bermuda House of Assembly typically quite close parties : that is, …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chair man, this c lause 18 introduces a new phenomenon in Bermuda's regulatory framework, which is actually quite powerful and helpful. It could potentially reduce the cost of doing business, but it also comes with the risk of oversharing, and so I raise this point. Specifically, clause 18( 1) provides for the disclosure in …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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[Clause] 18(1)(n).
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Thank you, Mr. Chair man.
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Yes, I thank the Honourable Premier for answering the question before. B ut as he is well aware, I am obliged by practi ce and convention to always raise a warning flag when I see a certain provision. In this regard, I am actually not altogether concerned. I do understand that there are a number of minor amendments that will …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I believe the Honourable Member was referring to this specific committee. I did not say I support every possible committee under the sun that could ever exist.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The Honourable Premier is misleading the House. That spec ific point was related to insisting that these emerging mark ets and developing businesses had a tangible impact on Bermuda, more specifically including locating s taff into Bermuda.