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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. And I would respectfully submit to my honourable colleague that the 2008, 2007, and 2013 amendments to POCA did add the CEO of the BMA, the Registrar of Companies, and I want to say the FIA. With that being said, I will move on to clause 3(2), where [new section 13 (5)] i s introducing …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chair man. As I tell clients and others, I did not invent this framework. I'm just following it like all of us. So, I actually want to go back to a point the Honourable Member just made, because she mentioned the supervisory guidance, codes of practi ce, statements of principles. And as the Honourable Mem-ber is aware, section …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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So, what I am saying is that —
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. I was going to put that question on [clause] 3(3)(a) and 3( 3)(b) back to the Minister regarding . . . and I promise to be succinct.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Exactly. The current . . . the list of regulations that are currently in [ section 20] (3) that create the offences are being done away with. They are . . . they come from a peer jurisdiction and have been functional successfully for some years now. And we are now opening more kinds of enforcement to things like definitions. …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chair man. I am referring to . . . it is in the Bill under clause 3(1) . . . sorry [clause] 3(3), but it is under the [ Proceeds of Crime (Anti -Money Laundering and Anti -Terrorist Financing] Supervision and Enforcement) Act [2008] under section 20.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Of the Bill. Clause 3( 3)(a) and (b), page 2.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chair man. Thank you.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Chair man, I would further speak to clauses of the Bill, clause 4( 1)(a), which is going to be amending the POCA regulations, specifically regulation 11 (3), where we are changing the definition of a banking institution. And this goes hand- in-hand with the amendment at clause 4( 1)(c), dealing with regulation (3AA), inserting a definition of correspondent banking. …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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So, well, it is what it does do. Whether it intends to do it is my question, yes.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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And the next question is, will guidance clarify how this applies across non- bank sectors? And that is my question on that.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Will guidance be issued to clarify how this applies to non- bank sectors?
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Sorry. I thank the Honourable Minister for answering the question regarding clause 4(1)(a). But I am asking the question about additional relationships for correspondent . . . or how these . . . there are more people getting caught in the regulation. So, my question is, will guidance be issued for those who are getting caught in this amendment, that …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Thought w e were done. Thank you, Madam Chair man. Will the Honourable Minister be able to give us guidelines or any indication as to when the guidance notes reflecting these new changes to the legislation will be provided to industry?
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Good afternoon, Madam Deputy Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please confirm for this Honourable House whether the Department of Marine and Ports Services intends to implement the Ombudsman's recommendations as set out in the special report titled “ Between a Dock and a Hard Place” ? [Inaudible interjection]
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Second question?
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House what the current government policy is on the transfer or inheritance of mooring rights by family member s and when the policy was last reviewed or amended?
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Third question. Thank you, Madam [Deputy Speaker] . Will the Honourable Minister please explain to this Honourable House what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that directives of statutory bodies , such as the Development Applications Board, are properly implemented and enforced by government departments?
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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I have no supplementals. I thank the Minister for his answers.