Notice of Amendments to Legislation July 2012

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24 Jul 2012, 12:07 pm

Notice of Amendments to Legislation July 2012

Following the ending of the consultation period on a number of proposed legislative changes, that were set out in Consultation Papers No. 82 and 84 the DFSA Board after due consideration of consultees comments, amendments were made to the DFSA Rulebook as described below. Please bear in mind that changes may have been made to the legislation originally proposed in the relevant consultation papers.

TAKE NOTICE THAT:

The DFSA Board made the following Rulemaking Instruments to come into force on the 16 August 2012:

• GENERAL MODULE (GEN) INSTRUMENT (NO. 96) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the General Module (GEN) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 1 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• CONDUCT OF BUSINESS MODULE(COB) INSTRUMENT (NO 97) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Conduct of Business (COB) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 2 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• PRUDENTIAL – INVESTMENT, INSURANCE INTERMEDIATION AND BANKING MODULE (PIB) INSTRUMENT (NO 98) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Prudential – Investment, Insurance Intermediation and Banking (PIB) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 3 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• PRUDENTIAL – INSURANCE BUSINESS MODULE (PIN) INSTRUMENT (NO 99) which repeals and replaces the Prudential – Insurance Business (PIN) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 4 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• FEES RULE MODULE (FER) INSTRUMENT (NO 100) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Fees Rule (FER) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 5 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• MARKETS RULES MODULE (MKT) INSTRUMENT (NO. 101) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Markets Rules (MKT) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 6 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• AUTHORISED MARKET INSTITUTIONS MODULE (AMI) INSTRUMENT (NO. 102) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Authorised Market Institutions (AMI) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 7 attached hereto for the detailed amendments);

• ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING MODULE (AML) INSTRUMENT (NO 103) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Anti Money Laundering (AML) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 8 attached hereto for the detailed amendments); and

• GLOSSARY MODULE (GLO) INSTRUMENT (NO. 104) 2012 , which repeals and replaces the Glossary (GLO) module of the DFSA Rulebook with an updated version (see appendix 9 attached hereto for the detailed amendments).

The rule-making instruments mentioned above and the appendices to this notice can be viewed under the “ Amendments to Legislation ” section of the DFSA website and the relevant modules of the Rulebook will be replaced on the DFSA website on the date of their coming into force as described above. Earlier versions of the relevant modules are to be found in the archive. Please note: rule – making instrument 102 includes certain consequential amendments following the new Markets Regime.

Issued 24 July 2012

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