s.11Duty to furnish declarations
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Section 11Part 4 — REGISTER OF INTERESTS

Duty to furnish declarations

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3 11. (1) A person in public life —
shall, within ninety days of assuming the functions of that person’s office, or, in the case of a candidate for election to the Cayman Islands Parliament, before filing that person’s nomination papers, make a declaration to the Commission of that person’s interests, income, assets and liabilities as specified in section 12(1) in respect of the previous year in such form as may be prescribed by regulations; and
thereafter no later than thirty days after 30 June in each succeeding year that that person is a person in public life, that person shall file further Section 11 Standards in Public Life Act (2021 Revision) Page 12 Revised as at 31st December, 2020 c declarations of that person’s interests, income, assets and liabilities as specified in section 12(1) for that year ending 30 June.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission may, in any particular case where a request is made before the date on which the filing is required has passed, for good cause, extend the time for the furnishing of a declaration for a specified period but not exceeding sixty days.
Where any change occurs in relation to the matters which a person in public life has previously declared, that person shall, within thirty days of the change occurring make a new declaration or an amendment to the declaration.
Where a person fails to file a declaration or amendment to a declaration in accordance with this section the Commission shall —
in the case of the Speaker, inform the Governor;
in the case of the elected members of the Cayman Islands Parliament, inform the Speaker of the Cayman Islands Parliament;
in the case of Official Members, the Auditor General, the Complaints Commissioner, the Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, the Information Commissioner, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Cabinet Secretary, the Financial Secretary or the Assistant Commissioner of Police, inform the Governor;
in the case of a Chief Officer of a ministry or portfolio, inform the Deputy Governor;
in the case of a head of a department, unit or section, inform the Chief Officer;
in the case of any other staff of a civil service entity, inform the head of department, unit or section and the Chief Officer;
in the case of a public servant employed by a statutory authority, body or government company, inform the chief executive officer of that entity; and
in the case of —
a chief executive of a statutory authority or statutory body or government company; and commission or government company; inform the Governor, Minister or Official Member responsible for that entity.
a board member of a statutory authority, public authority,
If the information required in subsection (1) or (2) is not received within one month, a person in public life may be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day in default and, if not paid, shall be recovered, as a civil debt, in a court of law by the Attorney General on behalf of the Government of the Islands. Standards in Public Life Act (2021 Revision) Section 12 c Revised as at 31st December, 2020 Page 13

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