The Tribune

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Tribune Business Reporter

nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

The Attorney General said yesterday that the Registrar General’s Department is not “resting on its laurels” with the launch of online company incorporations, promising that the registration of deeds and documents and other services will also be delivered electronically.

“We are not resting on our laurels. We intend to have a paperless registry,” said Allyson Maynard-Gibson. “We are pursuing other projects, including online registration of deeds and documents and other online services as well.”

Mrs Maynard-Gibson describing the launch of the online companies inncorporation platform as a “magnificent example” of a public-private sector (PPP) partnership.

Speaking at yesterday’s launch, Prime Minister Perry Christie said: “We are opening new vistas for domestic and international business, and we are making it easy for you to do business.

    “The service will be available 24/7, and it will be possible immediately to get incorporation certificates and certificates of good standing. Version II of the program is being developed, and should be unveiled inb the third quarter of 2016 - most certainly before the end of the year.”

Mr Christie added: “We support efforts to continue e-government, and the ease of doing business thrust in the recording of deeds and documents, registration of births and deaths, intellectual property and maritime marriages.”

Mr Christie acknowledged that a public-private sector partnership had been key to the launch of online services.

“How we implemented VAT, how we developed Bimini ,are clear examples of the enormous benefit of public-private partnerships,” said Mr Christie.