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The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, acting on the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority’s recommendation, has enacted regulations mandating annual supervisory levies for non-bank financial institutions. Institutions may pay these levies once-off by April 30 or in two installments, with amounts calculated to recover supervisory operational costs and subject to prime interest rates on unpaid or under-collected balances. The schedule details fixed or percentage-based levy rates for twenty-one entity categories, formally revoking the 2018 regulations.
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Statutory Instrument No. 32 of 2019
NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY ACT (Cap. 46:08)
NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (SUPERVISORY LEVIES) REGULATIONS, 2019 (Published on 29th March, 2019)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred on the Minister of Finance and Economic Development by section 24 read with section 61 (2) (a) of the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority Act, and on recommendation of the Regulatory Authority, the following Regulations are hereby made —
Citation
Supervisory levies 2. (1) A non-bank financial institution shall pay to the Regulatory Authority in each financial year a supervisory levy specified in the Schedule. (2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), a non-bank financial institution may, in each financial year, opt to pay the supervisory levy — (a) once-off on or before the 30th April; or (b) in two equal installments, and — (i) the first installment shall be payable on or before the 30th April, and (ii) the second installment shall be payable on or before the 31st October.
Basis of calculation of supervisory levies 3. The basis of calculation of supervisory levies for each financial year shall be the recovery of operational costs associated with carrying out supervisory activities in relation to non-bank financial institutions.
Interest on unpaid supervisory levies 4. (1) A non-bank financial institution shall pay interest on any unpaid supervisory levies to the Regulatory Authority at the end of each financial year. (2) Any interest paid under subregulation (1) shall be at a rate equal to the prevailing prime interest rate.
Penalty levy 5. (1) The Regulatory Authority shall impose a penalty levy on a non-bank financial institution where a misstatement or other non-compliance by the non-bank financial institution leads to an under-collection of a supervisory levy. (2) Any penalty imposed under subregulation (1) shall be at a rate equal to the prevailing prime interest per thousand Pula of the under-collection.
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SCHEDULE SUPERVISORY LEVIES (regulation 2)
| First Column Non-Bank Financial Institution | Second Column Supervisory Levy |
|---|---|
| 1. Asset Managers (excluding International Financial Services Centre Asset Managers) | P33 355 and 0.0209% per annum of the total values of the investments managed by an Asset Manager at the end of each financial year. |
| 2. Central Securities Depositories | P200 100 |
| 3. Securities Exchanges | P200 100 |
| 4. Custodians of Collective Investment Undertakings | P66 705 |
| 5. Insurance Brokers | P13 345 and 0.1595% per annum of the gross commissions received as reported in their most recently audited financial statements |
| 6. Insurance Companies | P66 705 and 0.1595% of the gross premiums written, as reported in their most recently audited financial statements |
| 7. Corporate Insurance Agents | P6 515 |
| 8. International Financial Services Centre Companies | P36 685 |
| 9. Management Companies of Collective Investment Undertakings | P33 355 and 0.0209% per annum of the total value of assets controlled by a management company in respect of each scheme at the end of each month of the financial year |
| 10. Micro Lenders (a) Average loan book values above P1 000 000 | 0.638% per annum of a micro lender’s total loan book at the end of each month of the financial year |
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| (b) Average loan book values up to P1 000 000 | P6 380 per annum |
|---|---|
| 11. Retirements Funds | P265 and P17 in respect of each member, at the end of the financial year |
| 12. Trustees of Collective Investment Undertakings | P66 705 |
| 13. Central Counter Party | P200 100 |
| 14. Securities Brokers/Dealers | P60 640 |
| 15. Transfer Agents/Transfer Securities | P11 000 |
| 16. Participants/Markets Makers | P30 325 |
| 17. Retirement Funds Administrators | P7 335 and P605 per Fund |
| 18. Medical Aid Funds | P6 670 and P18 in respect of each member, at the end of each financial year |
| 19. Finance and Leasing Companies (a) Average loan book values above P1 000 000 | 0.638% per annum of a finance and leasing company’s total loan book at the end of each month of the financial year |
| (b) Average loan book values up to P1 000 000 | P6 380 per annum |
| 20. Pawnshops (a) Average loan book value above P1 000 000 | 0.638% per annum of a pawnshop’s total loan book at the end of each month of the financial year |
| (b) Average loan book value up to P1 000 000 | P6 380 per annum |
| 21. Investment Advisors | P8 260 per annum |
MADE this 14th day of March, 2019.
O. K. MATAMBO, Minister of Finance and Economic Development.