This form should be submitted to the Commission within 20 days of a material change to an experienced investor fund taking place, as per Regulation 11 of the Financial Services (Experienced Investor Funds) Regulations 2012.

A payment of £100.00 will need to be made when submitting this form. 

Please note that an 'Individual Questionnaire' or a 'Notifiable Document' MUST be accompanied by a Royal Gibraltar Police Vetting Application Form in accordance with Section 30C of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015.  The form must be submitted to the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, who will liaise with the RGP in order to make the relevant enquiries.

For any applicant that is not a Gibraltarian, or has not lived in Gibraltar for the last 10 years, in addition to the RGP vetting form, he/she must also provide the GFSC with a report of their criminal record from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction/s in which they have been ordinarily resident for the last 10 years and/or from any other jurisdiction where the applicant has spent a considerable amount of years resident in the past.  If the report is not in English, this must be accompanied by a translation from a certified Translator.

Notes for completion of the Royal Gibraltar Police Vetting Application Form:

1.     The RGP Vetting Form must be completed by the applicant in full. Should any section be incomplete, this cannot be accepted. 

Note that the section in the form that states ‘To be completed by agency or organisation requiring vet’ should be left blank as this section is to be completed by the GFSC only. 

2.     All RGP Vetting Forms MUST be submitted together with the applicable Individual Questionnaire or Notifiable Document to which it relates. 

Please note that all applications/fit and proper assessments will be kept on hold and not be processed until the original RGP Vetting Form and fee is submitted together with the applicable Individual Questionnaire or Notifiable Document. The same will apply to any incorrect forms submitted.

If an Applicant has submitted an RGP Vetting Form within the last 12 months, please contact the Authorisations Team at authorisations@gfsc.gi to confirm whether the individual is required to re-submit.

Should exceptional circumstances apply, please contact authorisations@gfsc.gi 

3.     The RGP and Individual Questionnaire or Notifiable Document cannot be accepted without any of the following:

a)    Payment of the £10 applicable fee by bank transfer only; and

In order to obtain the relevant bank details, please liaise with the member of staff at the GFSC who is processing the application and they will provide you with the required information. Should you be unsure of the contact details, then please refer your query to authorisations@gfsc.gi 

b)    APPLICATION Reference number. 

Please quote the following payment reference for any bank transfer:

For an individual: “RGPNAMEOFAPPLICANT” 

For payments to settle for more than one applicant: i.e. If the firm is submitting an application for five individuals, the reference should be as follows: “RGPNAMEOFFIRMX5”

For any further queries, please contact authorisations@gfsc.gi and a member of staff will be happy to assist. 

• Self-managed AIFMs need to submit one AIFM file and one AIF file.
• Self-managed AIFMs (PCC’s) need to submit one AIFM file and one AIF file per Cell.
• Externally managed AIFMs need to submit one AIFM file and one AIF File per Fund under management.

Please remember that the format for saving the .XML AIFMD reporting files for submissions at end of January 2017 is the same as last year;

The AIF file: 00000_AIF_yyyymmdd_hhmm (Fund identifier_AIF_year/month/day_hour/minute) The AIFM file: 00000_AIFM_ yyyymmdd_hhmm (Fund identifier_AIFM_year/month/day_hour/minute) *If you are receiving your XML files from an external party, you should relay the saving format to them, or alternatelively, re-save each file using the saving format above. *New for this year (January 2017 reporting) is that you MUST include the following words in the title of the email: AIFMD 2017 Returns The reason for this is that our system automatically picks up and processes XML file attachments based on the above wording in the title of the email.

Experienced Investor Fund Director Return for Completion.
Please submit your forms by 30 November 2018.

Revoked by LN. 2018/226 as from 23.10.20181