Notice of Amendments to Legislation: October 2026

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01 Oct 2026, 06:21 pm

Notice of Amendments to Legislation: October 2026

Following the ending of the consultation period on a number of proposed legislative changes that were set out in Consultation Papers No 172 and 174 , the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Board, after due consideration of consultees’ comments, made amendments 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 paper.

TAKE NOTICE THAT:

The DFSA Board made the following Rulemaking Instruments to come into force on 2 October 2026:

PRUDENTIAL – INVESTMENT, INSURANCE INTERMEDIATION AND BANKING BUSINESS MODULE (PIB) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 443) 2026 (see appendix 1 for the detailed amendments);

AND

The DFSA Board made the following Rulemaking Instrument to come into force on 1 January 2027:

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS MODULE (COB) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 444) 2026 (see appendix 2 for the detailed amendments);

ISLAMIC FINANCE RULES (IFR) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 445) 2026 (see appendix 3 for the detailed amendments);

GLOSSARY MODULE (GLO) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 446) 2026 (see appendix 4 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 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.

Issued:

1 October 2026

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