Banking and finance in St Helena | Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Banking and finance in St Helena

Financial services, banking, payments, credit, securities, and regulated finance. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

60 matching statutes

  • St Helena

    Financial Services Ordinance, 2008

    3 provisions

    This part sets up the Financial Services Regulatory Authority and requires licensing, supervision, reporting, and limits on banking and ownership actions.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Financial Regulations

    2 provisions

    These financial regulations control government money, warrants, accounts, receipts, payments, advances, deposits, and audit processes.

    Regulation Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance, 1999

    1 provisions

    This ordinance sets out how revised editions of the laws are prepared, updated, published, and brought into force, and it creates an offence for knowingly altering a revised edition to deceive people about the true law.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Currency Ordinance, 1975

    1 provisions

    This Ordinance sets St Helena’s currency rules, gives the Commissioners of Currency control over issuing notes and coins, and creates the Currency Fund and related reporting duties.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Currency (Ascension) Ordinance, 2009

    1 provisions

    Ascension’s currency is the St Helena Pound, and specified notes and coins are legal tender there. The Governor can authorize commemorative coins with approval, and related coin arrangements must include a face-value buyback undertaking.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Social Security Ordinance, 2010

    1 provisions

    This Ordinance sets out St Helena social security benefits, including Basic Island Pension and Income Related Benefit, and the rules for applying, reporting changes, reviews, confidentiality, recovery of overpayments, offences, and penalties.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Financial Management Ordinance, 2001

    1 provisions

    This ordinance sets rules for managing public finances, funds, deposits, investments, accounting, surcharges, and write-offs, and assigns responsibilities to the Administrator, Accounting Officers, public officers, the Governor, and the Director of Financial Services.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Criminal Justice (Fixed Penalties) Ordinance, 2020

    1 provisions

    This provision sets up a fixed-penalty notice system, including who can issue or withdraw notices, what the notice must contain, payment deadlines, and the offences and penalty amounts listed in the Regulations.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Minerals Vesting Ordinance, 1951

    1 provisions

    This ordinance vests minerals in the Crown, restricts mining to compliance with mining laws and regulations, and requires prescribed royalties to be paid to the Government.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Highways Ordinance, 1881

    1 provisions

    This Ordinance sets rules for highways and public streets in St Helena, including access works, fences, gates, road damage by animals or vehicles, and conduct on roads and in Jamestown.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Companies Ordinance, 2004

    6 provisions

    This Ordinance sets rules for forming companies, issuing certificates, naming companies, and basic share-capital requirements.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Co-operative Societies Ordinance, 1932

    2 provisions

    This provision sets out how co-operative societies are formed, registered, governed, funded, audited, and wound up, and it gives the Registrar and the Governor in Council specified supervisory powers.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Income Tax Ordinance, 2012

    3 provisions

    This Ordinance sets the rules for income tax in St Helena, including how income is taxed, who must deduct or remit tax, and some allowances, credits, and confidentiality duties.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • St Helena

    Friendly Societies Ordinance, 1939

    1 provisions

    This Ordinance sets out how friendly societies are registered, run, audited, funded, and dissolved, and it creates offences and penalties for non-compliance.

    Ordinance Open & Chat