Data-center law in Cayman Islands

Development and Planning Act (2021 Revision), s. 13 (planning permission requirement)

Effective 1972-01-17 · Applies to both

Planning permission is required for any development of land carried out after 17 January 1972, and permission may not be given for a development at variance with a development plan. Where the Central Planning Authority or Development Control Board serves an enforcement notice and the required steps are not taken, the person in default commits an offence liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars, plus a further daily fine while the contravention or non-compliance continues.

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National Conservation Law, 2013 (Law 24 of 2013), s. 43 (environmental impact assessments)

Effective 2016-08-15 · Applies to both

The National Conservation Council may, in its discretion, require an environmental impact assessment of a proposed action before granting certain approvals, or in the course of consultations on an entity's decisions, actions and undertakings that could jeopardise a protected area or species.

The assessment must address direct, indirect and cumulative impacts, be carried out by a person the Council approves, and comply with the Council's directives and regulations; the resulting documents must be available for public inspection and review. Where no punishment is specifically prescribed, a person who contravenes the Law commits an offence liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred thousand dollars or imprisonment for four years, or both.

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Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2021 Revision) Law 49 of 2016, Schedule 1, ss. 91 and 94 (licensing of electricity, ICT and water utilities)

Applies to both

The Utility Regulation and Competition Office (the Office) has jurisdiction over electricity markets (including generation, transmission, distribution and supply), fuels markets, information and communications technology markets (including broadcasting and content services), and the water sector.

Section 94 makes it an offence, unless sectoral legislation provides otherwise, for a sectoral participant knowingly to provide a service requiring a licence, permit or other authorisation under sectoral legislation without obtaining it. Section 91 lets the Office impose an administrative fine on a licensee who fails to comply with or contravenes a licence, order, directive, rule or regulation, after a notice and representations process.

The Act's own commencement date is not stated in the text read; the current consolidation is Revised as at 31st December, 2020.

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Special Economic Zones Act (2023 Revision), Law 22 of 2011, s. 13 (trade certificate requirement)

Effective 2011-11-21 · Applies to both

A person may not carry on a special economic zone business, including at a technology-sector special economic zone such as Cayman Enterprise City, without holding a valid trade certificate issued by the Special Economic Zone Authority; the benefits described in Part 5 and the Act's Schedules do not accrue without one.

An applicant for a trade certificate must be an exempted company or exempted limited partnership and must, together with its controller, beneficial owner, directors and senior officers, be a fit and proper person, having regard to honesty, integrity and reputation.

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