Private sector meets AG over bill for banking info access

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams at the AG’s Chambers on Wednesday to discuss the Financial Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2015 which seeks to give the revenue authority access to banking information.

A release from the AG’s Chambers said that during the discussions the PSC delegation headed by its Chairman Norman McLean indicated that it had no difficulty with the proposed amendments but was interested in certain safeguards to protect data obtained by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The AG who was accompanied by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Cecil Dhurjon gave the