Who Must Declare
The Integrity Commission Ordinance 2008 (amended 2012) identifies all persons who are required to declare. All persons holding an office specified under Schedule 1 (Section 2) of the Ordinance are referred to as Specified Persons In Public Life and are required to periodically file their declarations with the Integrity Commission. All Members of the Commission including staff members are similarly required to periodically file their declarations with the Governor.
The Integrity Commission Ordinance 2008 (amended 2012), Schedule 1(Section 2), identifies all office holders required to periodically file their declaration with the Integrity Commission:
SCHEDULE 1
(Section 2)
SPECIFIED PERSONS IN PUBLIC LIFE
- Members of the House of Assembly
- Members of Cabinet
- Deputy Governor
- Permanent Secretaries
- Under Secretaries/Deputies Secretaries (or post of equivalent rank)
- Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the House of Assembly
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Auditor
- Accountant General
- Complaints Commissioner
- Chief Economist
- Chief Statistician
- Chief Medical Officer
- Heads of Department
- Director and Deputy Director of Planning
- Director and Deputy Director of Surveys and Mapping
- Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Deeds
- Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Lands
- Director and Deputy Director of Education
- Director and Deputy Director of Immigration
- Collector and Deputy Collector of Customs
- Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Lands
- Chief and Deputy Chief Valuation Officer
- Deputy Heads of Departments, where the Head of Department is not called a Director
- Deputy Attorney General
- Crown Counsel
- Clerk of Courts
- Registrar and of Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court
- Supervisor of Elections
- Members of the Public Service Commission
- Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner, and Officers at or above the rank of Superintendent
- Special Advisers (Inserted by L.N. 64/2012)
- Members and Staff Members of the Integrity Commission
- Chairman, Executive Officers, Directors, Deputy Directors, and Members of anybody referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of “public body” in the Ordinance
- Any person who has a statutory duty to record the minutes of meetings of a commission, statutory board, public authority, or other body referred to in item
- who signs the entity’s books and is involved in its business and affairs
- Any person who acts in an office is referred to in this Schedule for a continuous period of six months or more. (Amended by Ord. 1 of 2009 and 15 of 2010, L.Ns. 7/2012, 29/2012 and 64/2012 and s. 6(1) Turks and Caicos Constitution Order 2011)