Exchange of Beneficial Ownership (BVI)

The Governments of the United Kingdom and the British Virgin Islands entered into an agreement in April 2016 under which it was agreed that the BVI would share beneficial ownership information for corporate and legal entities established in the BVI. This commitment was made in the context of a number of international initiatives to improve access to beneficial ownership information and increase transparency.

To facilitate access to this information, the BVI has developed a beneficial ownership secure search system called the “BOSS System” whereby each Registered Agent will be required to make the information on beneficial ownership available in respect of each entity. The information required has yet to be finalized and the proposed BOSS Act, 2017, is still currently in draft form.

In as far as we have been able to determine, the information required under the current draft law will include the following for each entity:

• Entity name;
• Incorporation number and date and
• Entity status.

And for each beneficial owner:

• Full name;
• Residential address;
• Date of birth ;
• Gender;
• Identification details (document type, number, issuing country, expiry date) and
• Nationality.

The information is not to be made available to the public. Each Registered Agent’s information will be segregated from the information of other agents and will only be made available to the Registered Agent and the following Authorities:

• The Financial Investigation Agency;
• The Financial Services Commission;
• The International Tax Authority and
• The Attorney General’s Chambers.

Portcullis has information that was collected at the inception of the client relationship and is endeavoring to review your corporate or legal entity. However, the information we have may not be the most recent or comprehensive. We seek your cooperation to ensure records held are up-to-date and complete. Portcullis may be required to resign as Registered Agent if any corporate or legal entity remains non-compliant by 1 July 2017. A company may be liable to penalties for failure to provide the beneficial ownership information or any subsequent changes made to the information.

Please contact your Portcullis Relationship Manager or one of our representatives if you require any further information or assistance.

We greatly appreciate your cooperation.

The above article is compiled by:
Portcullis (BVI) Ltd| Info.BritishVirginIslands@portcullis.co

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受益擁有人資料的交換 (BVI)

英國與英屬維京群島兩國政府於2016年4月簽署協議並同意分享在英屬維京群島境內所設立公司及法人實體的受益擁有人的相關資料。提出本項承諾的原因來自國際間對提高受益擁有人資料公開度和透明度的倡議。

為提高受益擁有人資料公開度，英屬維京群島開發出一套受益擁有人安全搜尋系統，簡稱「BOSS系統」，該系統規定每位註冊代理人必須提供所有公司法人的受益擁有人資料。規定的資料內容尚待最後決定，且擬議的「2017年受益擁有人安全搜尋法（BOSS Act 2017）」目前仍處於草案中。

就本公司所確知，目前草案法所規定的資料內容將包括下列公司資料：

• 公司名稱
• 公司編號及成立日期
• 公司存續狀態

以及各受益擁有人的下列資料：

• 全名
• 居住地址
• 出生日期
• 性別
• 身份證明資料（證明文件類型、號碼、簽發地、有效日期）
• 國籍

上述資料不對外公開。不同註冊代理人的資料將各自分開隔離，某註冊代理人的資料將僅開放給該註冊代理人及下列政府主管機關：

• 金融調查局
• 金融服務委員會
• 國際稅務機關
• 檢察總長辦公室

保得利持有最初在建立客戶關係時所收集的資料，並致力於檢視您的公司或法人實體資料。然而，我們持有的資料，可能不是最近期或全面的資料。因此，本公司可能需要尋求您的合作，以便確保留存最新且完整的記錄資料。

倘任何公司或法人實體截至2017年7月1日為止仍未遵守規定，則保得利依規定可能必須辭卸註冊代理人職務。

公司若未提供受益擁有人資料或其任何嗣後有修改資料者，可能遭受懲處。

若您需要任何進一步資訊或協助，請洽詢您的保得利客戶關係經理（Portcullis Relationship Manager）或本公司業務代表。

非常感謝您的合作。

文章编译:
保得利（英屬維京群島）有限公司| Info.BritishVirginIslands@portcullis.co