Jul 2024
Consolidated Acts
Companies Act Bermuda
The Bermuda Companies Act contains a consolidated version of the Companies Act 1981, incorporating all amendments to date.
The most recent legislative updates include:
- the repeal and replacement of section 4 of the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) Act 2024 by the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) Amendment Act 2024 deeming the Act to commence on 1 January 2024. Additionally, the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) Amendment Act 2024 deems the amendments to the Companies Act 1981 that were made by the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) (No. 2) Act 2024 are subject to the below:
“8 Commencement and dates of payment of annual corporate regulatory fee
(1) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2024.
(2) Payment of the annual corporate regulatory fee for the year 2024 with respect to each entity required under this Act to pay the fee shall be made by—
(a) 31 March 2024; or
(b) no later than such other date as the Registrar of Companies shall determine by notice published in the Gazette, which notice shall be subject to the negative resolution procedure.
9 Validation of payments
Any payment, made before the enactment of this section, of the annual corporate regulatory fee by an entity referred to in this Act, which annual corporate regulatory fee is provided in this Act to be payable in January, is hereby deemed to be a valid annual corporate regulatory fee payment for the year 2024 for the purposes of this Act.”
Bermuda Companies Law
Other recent amendments include:
- amendments made by the Economic Development Amendment Act 2024, which came into effect on 1 April 2024 and amended sections 120(7)(b) and 129(1AB)(b).
- the addition of the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) Act 2024 and
- amendments to the Companies Act 1981 made by the Registrar of Companies (Annual Corporate Regulatory Fees) (No. 2) Act 2024, which implemented the new annual corporate regulatory fee, both retroactively operative from 9 February 2024
This Compendium does not, however, contain (i) the various forms and filings prescribed by the Act and (ii) The Companies Winding-Up Rules 1982; these are available on request, please contact us.
In addition, further regulations apply to companies carrying on (i) insurance business, (ii) investment fund or investment fund administration business, or (iii) trust business.
More information and/or separate consolidations of applicable legislation are available on request.
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Conyers Dill & Pearman
Hamilton, Bermuda
Revised: July 2024