Topic: legislation

The final meeting of the 2025-2026 parliamentary session got under way on 29 April with the passing of six bills and the tabling of...

With government legislation promising to tackle litter, will Cayman's beach and roadside litter problem finally be solved?

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it is carrying out a "comprehensive review" of the Human Tissue Transplant Act, the legislation that governs organ transplants in Cayman.

The Cayman Islands government is aiming to introduce a draft legislative framework governing artificial intelligence by the second quarter of 2027

An entrepreneur who ploughed $65,000 of her life savings into e-bikes has said a new Cayman enforcement policy  had brought her business to the brink of bankruptcy

Grandfather clauses in the immigration reform bill will allow permanent residents and foreign spouses of Caymanians to be dealt with under existing rules.

New government regulations to keep churches on the right side of the law have been welcomed by the pastor of a popular church in Cayman.

Cayman law is to be changed to protect churches from the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing as part of a drive to...

Fines for sexual harassment and a requirement by employers to have policies against sexual harassment could finally become enshrined in Cayman Islands law.

Legislation aimed at legalising closed-door trials allowing government to present secret evidence in the absence of the public, media and the complainant in a given case heads to Parliament this week.

Premier Wayne Panton has vowed to bring legislation dealing with sexual harassment to parliament within the next year.

A newly launched government website will provide users with access to all of Cayman’s legislation for free.

Another attempt to pass modern regulatory standards for Cayman Islands lawyers ahead of an international financial review failed Tuesday as the Progressives-led administration agreed to push back a vote on the Legal Practitioners Bill (2016) until the next Legislative Assembly meeting is held, possibly in January.

Cayman Islands lawmakers have approved 22 pieces of legislation in just seven days of meetings over the past two weeks. Some of the more controversial items on government’s agenda are due to come before the Legislative Assembly this week. All of bills approved so far still need a third and final reading in the Assembly, but that is largely a formality, and it is expected that all previously approved legislation will pass with few amendments.

Cayman Water has asked government to withdraw and rewrite a proposed bill investing a new utilities regulation office with broad unilateral powers to control the firm’s activities. The company says it was not consulted on the bill.

Cayman Islands lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that will register and regulate nonprofit organizations, in a bid to prevent such groups potentially being used as cover for illegal activities such as money laundering or terrorist financing. Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton said there were no instances reported locally in which charities were used to such an end.

We can’t help but empathize with the anxiety expressed by several elected members in today’s newspaper over the sheer quantity of legislation the Progressives administration has crammed into the agenda of the new parliamentary session.