s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

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In this Act —
means —
property, including money, beneficially held, whether in or outside the Islands; and
rights and benefits, whether deriving from or outside the Islands, enjoyed on a continuing basis;
where used in relation to a public authority, includes a member of a body that is created by statute whether or not that body is conferred corporate status;
has the meaning assigned to that word in the Immigration (Transition) Act (2021 Revision);
means the Chairperson of the Commission, referred to in section 4;
means a person employed by the Government, including an Official Member, who is a public officer for purposes of the Constitution and, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include a Member of the Cayman Islands Parliament;
means —
a ministry, a portfolio, department, section or unit; or
the Office of the Auditor General, the Cabinet Office, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Judicial Administration, the Office of the Complaints Commissioner or the Office of the Information Commissioner;
means the Commission for Standards in Public Life referred to in section 117 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 [UK SI No. 1379 of 2009];
means a situation where a person has a private interest which may improperly influence or be seen to improperly influence that person's public duties and responsibilities, or that of a connected person, in circumstances suggesting that the person concerned knew or ought reasonably to have known of the connection or possible connection, direct or indirect, between that person's duties and responsibilities and that person's private interest;
means a member of the immediate family of, or a person who acts on behalf of, or for the benefit of, the declarant, with the declarant's actual or implied authority, and includes —
a person who is a nominee of that person;
a person who manages the affairs of that person;
a firm of which that person, or a nominee of that person, is a partner or a person in charge or in control of its business or affairs;
a company within the meaning of section 2 of the Companies Act (2021 Revision) of which that person, or a nominee of that person, is a director or is in charge or in control of its business or affairs, or in which that person, alone or together with a nominee of that person, has or have a controlling interest, or shares to the total value of not less than thirty per cent of the total issued capital of the corporation; or
the trustee of any trust, where —
the trust has been created by that person; or
the total value of the assets contributed by that person to the trust at any time, whether before or after the creation of the trust, at any time, amounts to not less than twenty per cent of the total value of the assets of the trust;
means Schedule 2 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 [UK SI No. 1379 of 2009];
means salary, wage, fee, stipend or allowance;
means a company in which the Government has a controlling interest and all subsidiary entities of such company;
means a spouse, a civil partner, a dependant or such other person as may be prescribed by Cabinet by regulations;
means —
money received or receivable as salary, director's fees, consultancy fees, commission, bonus, dividend, professional fee, rental income, gift or reward in kind or cash; and
any other receipts or transfers of material value;
means an investigating officer appointed under section 19;
includes an obligation to pay or transfer money or the equivalent material value to another person to a place in or outside of the Islands;
means a member of the Commission;
means the Deputy Governor or the Attorney General;
means a person referred to in Schedule 1;
means —
a civil service entity;
a statutory body or authority, whether incorporated or not;
a government company; or
any body or person exercising public functions;
includes anything done in exercise or purported exercise of a function conferred upon a person in public life;
has the same meaning as in section 124 of the Constitution;
means the holder of any public office, and includes a person appointed to act in any public office;
means a person employed by a civil service entity or an employee of a statutory authority or government company; and
means an entity established by a law to carry out functions which are capable, under that law, of being funded, partly or entirely, by money provided by the Government, and for which the Governor, the Cabinet or the Government has the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the board or other governing body.

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