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VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook

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15

Articles

3

Chapters

VARA

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2025

Effective since

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VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook contents

15 articles in 3 chapters. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

Part II.C.5

1 article
  1. Part II.C.5-retRecord Retention — Client transfer instructions

Part II.F.3

1 article
  1. Part II.F.3-retRecord Retention — Transfer receipts provided to clients

VA Transfer and Settlement Services

13 articles
  1. Part I.A.1-2Part I.A Policies and procedures

  2. Part I.B.1-3Part I.B Public disclosures

  3. Part II.A.1-3Part II.A General requirements

  4. Part II.B.1-2Part II.B Protection of client Virtual Assets

  5. Part II.C.1 Client authorisation

  6. Part II.C.2 Erroneous execution refund

  7. Part II.C.3-4 Sender and recipient VASP liability

  8. Part II.C.5 Instruction records

  9. Part II.D.1-3Part II.D Client disclosures and terms

  10. Part II.E.1Part II.E Exchange, trade or conversion

  11. Part II.F.1-3Part II.F Receipts

  12. Part II.G.1-3Part II.G Benchmark global standards

  13. Part II.H.1-4Part II.H Default Rules

What VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook covers

VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook's 15 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance — 4 articles

Operations / Compliance — 3 articles

Operations — 3 articles

Risk / Compliance — 2 articles

General — 2 articles

Legal / Compliance — 1 article

Topics covered

VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.

vara

vasp

virtual assets

transfer

settlement

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What is VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025)?

VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025) is issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and has applied since 19 June 2025. It has 15 articles across 3 chapters.

What does VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook cover?

It is organised into: Part II.C.5; Part II.F.3; VA Transfer and Settlement Services.

Who issues VARA VA Transfer and Settlement Services Rulebook?

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.

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