Legislation

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) was established by the Bank of Jamaica Act, 1960 and is accordingly a statutory body. The Bank’s various responsibilities, which includes monetary policy authority, being the supervisor of deposit-taking institutions, and regulator of the national payments system and money markets are all therefore governed by a suite of legislation.

Included on this page for ease of reference are some of the legislations impacting the operations of Bank of Jamaica.

Bank of Jamaica does not guarantee that the list of legislation below is necessarily complete or that those uploaded on this website necessarily represent the latest updates.

Principal Legislation