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This page is updated monthly to inform users of Laws recently registered on the records of the Island and Ordinances approved by the States of Deliberation, with hyper-links to electronic copies of the full text. It also includes details of new Practice Directions and Judgments published on the site.

Users are advised to note that, with effect from 2^nd May, 2017, references in Guernsey legislation to marriage, married persons or persons who have been married, and to unmarried persons who are or have been living together as if they were married, and related references however expressed, shall be deemed to include same-sex marriage and persons who are or have been in a same-sex marriage or relationship, except where a contrary intention is expressed. Such references should be construed in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of the Same-Sex Marriage (Guernsey) Law, 2016. Contrary provision is made in the 2016 Law and in the Same-Sex Marriage (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments and Contrary Provisions) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017: those amendments have been incorporated into the consolidated texts on this website.

Legislation most recently registered or approved.

Ordinances approved by the States of Deliberation on the 21st June, 2017

Ordinance laid before the States of Deliberation on the 21st June, 2017

Video-Recorded Evidence (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017

Ordinance made by the Policy & Resources Committee on the 13^th June, 2017

Transfer of Funds (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017

Laws registered on the 22nd May, 2017

Ordinance approved by the States of Deliberation on 17th May, 2017

Income Tax (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017

Ordinance made by the Policy & Resources Committee on the 16th May, 2017

Video-Recorded Evidence (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017

Ordinances approved by the States of Deliberation on 26th April, 2017

Law registered on the 10th April, 2017

Parochial Church Property (Guernsey) Law, 2015

Ordinances approved by the States of Deliberation on 31st March, 2017

Ordinance approved by the States of Deliberation on 30th March, 2017

Population Management (Guernsey) Law, 2016 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2017

Ordinance approved by the States of Deliberation on 29th March, 2017

Laws registered on the 16th January, 2017

2017 Ordinances made by the Chief Pleas of Sark

Ordinance laid before the States of Deliberation on the 14th December, 2016

Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016

Ordinances approved by the States of Deliberation on the 14th December, 2016

Laws registered on 5th December, 2016

Latest Guernsey Statutory Instruments

No. 1 - The Driving Tests (Fees) Regulations, 2017
No. 2 - The Boarding Permit Fees Order, 2017
No. 3 - The Trade Marks (Register of Trade Mark Agents) Regulations, 2017
No. 4 - The Registered Designs (Register of Design Right Agents) Regulations, 2017
No. 5 - The Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 6 - The Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules 2016 (Amendment) Rules 2017
No. 7 - The Parking Places (Amendment) Order, 2017
No. 8 - The Prohibited and One-Way Streets (Amendment) Order, 2017
No. 9 - The Boarding Permit Fees (No.2) Order, 2017
No. 10 - The Control of Intoxicating Liquor (Designated Public Places) (Vale Castle) Order 2017
No. 11 - The Control of Intoxicating Liquor (Designated Public Places) (Muratti Vase Football Final) Order 2017
No. 12 - The Control of Intoxicating Liquor (Designated Public Places) (La Vallette, St Peter Port) Order 2017
No. 13 - The Control of Intoxicating Liquor (Designated Public Places) (Liberation Day) Order 2017
No. 14 - The Approved Warehouses (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Order, 2017
No. 15 - The Open Market Housing Register (Fees) Regulations, 2017
No. 16 - The Control of Intoxicating Liquor (Designated Public Places) (Liberation Day) (No. 2) Order 2017
No. 17 - The Population Management (Employment Records) Regulations, 2017
No. 18 - The Population Management (Employment Permit Applications) Regulations, 2017
No. 19 - The Population Management (Resident Certificates and Permits) (Fees) Regulations, 2017
No. 20 - The Liquor Licensing (Fees) Regulations, 2017
No. 21 - The Weights and Measures (Fees) Regulations, 2017
No. 22 - The Insider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) (Amendment) Order, 2017
No. 23 - The Animal Welfare (Amendment) Order, 2017
No. 24 - The Animal Welfare (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 25 - The Companies (Recognised Stock Exchanges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 26 - The Traffic Temporary (Rue du Coudre) Regulations, 2017
No. 27 - The Regulation of Fiduciaries (Annual Return) Regulations, 2017
No. 28 - The Prison (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 29 - The Land Planning and Development (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 30 - The Customs and Excise (Relief for Home-Brewed Liquor) (Guernsey and Alderney) Order, 2017
No. 31 - The Income Tax (Guernsey) (Employees Tax Instalment Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016
No. 32 - The Criminal Justice (Review of Notification Requirements) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2017
No. 33 - The Customs and Excise (Relief for Home-Brewed Liquor) (Guernsey and Alderney) (No. 2) Order, 2017
No. 34 - The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Pensions Amendment) Regulations, 2017
No. 35 - The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Amendment of Part XVIA) Regulations, 2017
No. 36 - The Air Navigation (Air Transport Licensing Laws) (AOC Amendment) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2017
No. 37 - The Pension Licensees (Conduct of Business) & Domestic and International Pension Scheme and Gratuity Scheme Rules 2017
No. 40 - The Public Transport (Fees) (Guernsey) Regulations, 2017

Latest 2017 U.K. Statutory Instruments registered in Guernsey

2017 - 221 - The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Latest Practice Directions

Practice Direction 1/2016 - Disclosure of AOC in Famly Court Procedings

Latest 2017 Unreported Judgments

Guernsey Judgment 1/2017 - DM Property Holdings (Guernsey) Limited
Guernsey Judgment 2/2017 - Kleinwort Benson v Aras Investment Management Limited and Nerine Fund Administrators Limited
Guernsey Judgment 3/2017 - XABC v The Guernsey Finanical Services Commission
Guernsey Judgment 4/2017 - Rawlinson & Hunter v ITG Ltd
Guernsey Judgment 5/2017 - X v Law Officers of the Crown
Guernsey Judgment 6/2017 - Popat v Popat & Others
Guernsey Judgment 7/2017 - Prodefin Trading Ltd v Midland Resources Holding & Others
Guernsey Judgment 8/2017 - Forfeiture of Money in Civil Proceedings
Guernsey Judgment 9/2017 - Puma Brandenberg Limited
Guernsey Judgment 10/2017 - Puma Brandenberg Limited - McNeill
Guernsey Judgment 11/2017 - In re the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust
Guernsey Judgment 12/2017 - In re the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust
Guernsey Judgment 13/2017 - Michael Joseph Peter Doyle v The Law Officer Officers of the Crown
Guernsey Judgment 14/2017 - Hindle v Kitching
Guernsey Judgment 15/2017 - Whittaker v Concept Fiduciaries Ltd
Guernsey Judgment 16/2017 - Green v Torode
Guernsey Judgment 17/2017 - Credit Suisse Trust Limited v Haggiag
Guernsey Judgment 18/2017 - Batty v Bourse Trust Company Limited
Guernsey Judgment 19/2017 - Law Officers of the Crown v XY
Guernsey Judgment 20/2017 - Jamie McClaren v The Law Officers of the Crown
Guernsey Judgment 21/2017 - T Limited
Guernsey Judgment 22/2017 - The Registrar of La Chambre de Discipline v An Advocate
Guernsey Judgment 23/2017 - A v R
Guernsey Judgment 24/2017 - Executor v Eight Beneficiaries
Guernsey Judgment 25/2017 - Pirouet & Batiste v The States of Guernsey
Guernsey Judgment 26/2017 - Nordbo v Baker
Guernsey Judgment 27/2017 - Puma Brandenburg Limited v Aralon Resources and Investment Company Limited & Nortrust Nominees Limited
Guernsey Judgment 28/2017 - Le Page v The Law Officers of the Crown
Guernsey Judgment 29/2017 - Puma Brandenburg Limited v Aralon Resources and Investment Company Limited & Nortrust Nominees Limited
Guernsey Judgment 30/2017 - Kleinwort Benson (Guernsey) Limited v Aras Investment Management Limited and Active Fund Services Limited
Guernsey Judgment 31/2017 - Puma Brandenberg Limited and a Scheme of Arrangement
Guernsey Judgment 32/2017 - Lee Douglass (in Bankruptcy) and Krasner & Wright

Latest 2016 Unreported Judgments

Guernsey Judgment 52/2016 - Nordbo v Baker
Guernsey Judgment 53/2016 - The First Trustee and The Second Trustee v Beneficiary 1, 2, 3 and Minor and Unborn Beneficiaries
Guernsey Judgment 54/2016 - A, a Taxpayer v Director of Income Tax, States of Guernsey Income Tax Office

Latest Orders of the Royal Court

ORC 1/2017 - The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules, 2017