ADGM Regulations · Abu Dhabi Global Market
Commercial Licensing Regulations 2025
A reference record of Commercial Licensing Regulations 2025, drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its section count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.
At a glance
| Citation | Commercial Licensing Regulations 2025 |
| Instrument type | ADGM Regulations |
| Enacted | 2025 |
| Jurisdiction | Abu Dhabi Global Market |
| Parts | 5 |
| Numbered sections | 48 |
| Chapters | 2 |
How Commercial Licensing Regulations 2025 is organised
The 5 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Licensing Of Controlled Activities |
| Part 2 | Rules And Guidance |
| Part 3 | Business Names |
| Part 4 | Interpretation |
| Part 5 | General |
What Commercial Licensing Regulations 2025 covers, section by section
The 48 section headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.
- The general prohibition
- Controlled activities
- Contravention of the general prohibition
- Licensed persons exceeding scope of licence
- False claims to be licensed or exempt
- Partnerships
- Withdrawal of licence
- Exemption orders
- Application for a licence
- Granting licences
- Renewal of licences
- Granting licences: special cases
- Variation by Registrar at request of licensed person
- Applications under this Part
- Determination of applications
- Right to refer matters to the court
- Power to make rules
- Modification or waiver of rules
- Publication of directions under section 18
- Rule-making instruments
- Limit on effect of contravening rules
- Verification of rules
- Power of the Registrar to give guidance
- Service of notices
- Application of this Chapter
- Name suggesting connection with government or public authority
- Other sensitive words or expressions
- Withdrawal of Board's approval
- Name containing inappropriate indication of company type or legal form
- Name giving misleading indication of activities
- Application of this Chapter
- Information required to be disclosed
- Disclosure required: business documents etc.
- Exemption for large partnerships if certain conditions met
- Disclosure required: business premises
- Consequences of failure to make required disclosure: contraventions
- Consequences of failure to make required disclosure
- Interpretation
- Definitions
- Carrying on controlled activities in the Abu Dhabi Global Market
- Parent and subsidiary undertaking
- Group
- Meaning of "participating interest"
- Controller
- Disregarded holdings
- Manager
- General false statement contravention
- Short title, extent and commencement
Primary sources
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