Saint Lucia

Seven governments signed the agreement creating the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on 5 July 1983. It was commissioned on 1 October 1983 as the monetary authority for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, whose eight members include Saint Lucia, and has its headquarters on Bird Rock Road, Basseterre, St Kitts.

The ECSRC Agreement of 24 November 2000 set this body up as an independent, autonomous regional securities regulator for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. It began operating on 19 October 2001, when the Eastern Caribbean Securities Market opened.

Set up in October 2003 under the Financial Intelligence Authority Act 2002, Saint Lucia's financial intelligence unit now operates under the Money Laundering (Prevention) Act. Five members appointed by the Minister, including representatives of the FSRA and the Attorney General's Chambers, oversee a secretariat of a Director and financial investigators, some of them police and customs officers.

The Integrity in Public Life Act set up this Commission to meet sections 118 and 119 of the Constitution. It has a chairperson and two to four other members, at least one an accountant and one an attorney-at-law, appointed by the Governor General on the Prime Minister's advice after consulting the Leader of the Opposition.