CP17-05/T06 provides for consultation on the Draft Insurance (Conduct of Business) (Long Term Business) Code 2017 (“the Code”).

This consultation seeks any views on the Bill 2017 which seeks to provide the Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) with clear powers in law to conduct supervisory oversight of the gambling sectors compliance with AML/CFT legislation and to provide a range of effective and proportionate sanctions for non-compliance in line with international standards.
The GSC also seeks views on the GSC’s draft Enforcement Strategy which sets out the GSC’s intended approach to AML/CFT supervision and its use of the powers conferred upon it by the Bill. (Please note that views on the strategy will be subject to a more lengthy informal consultation with relevant parties and views, although welcome, need not be provided during this consultation period.)

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1999, the Cabinet Office gives notice that it is preparing an Area Plan for the East of the Island. The plan area will include the following six Local Authority areas:
• the Borough of Douglas
• the District of Onchan
• the Parishes of Braddan, Garff (Laxey and Lonan Wards only), Marown and Santon

Comments are now sought in response to the Area Plan for the East Preliminary Publicity public consultation. The deadline for comments is 5pm on 26 May 2017.

Consultation Paper to obtain information, views and evidence in relation to —
(1) the widening of the definition of collective investment schemes to include a limited number of Closed-Ended Investment Companies (‘CEICs’);
(2) possible exemption for managers, asset managers, or investment advisers to Specialist Funds; and
(3) the draft Collective Investment Schemes (Recognised Schemes) (Ireland) Order.

This consultation seeks to inform stakeholders of the Department’s commitment to safeguard the whelk fishery within the Isle of Man territorial sea and to seek views on a range of proposed management measures designed to cap the level of fishing effort within the territorial sea.