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Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-: Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2012 and Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012

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A decision made on 23 November 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2012-0114

Decision Summary Title :

Civil Partnerships Regulations – Consequential Amendments

Date of Decision Summary:

23rd November 2012

Decision Summary Author:

 

Project & Research Officer

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Oral

Person Giving

Oral Report:

Director of Corporate Policy

Written Report

Title :

N/A

Date of Written Report:

N/A

Written Report Author:

N/A

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

N/A

Subject:  Civil Partnerships Regulations – Consequential Amendments

 

Decision(s):  The Minister agreed the changes to the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010 and the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012 in order to implement the Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No 2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.

 

Reason(s) for Decision:  The Chief Minister is to lodge the Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No 2) (Jersey) Regulations 201- to ensure that the Civil Partnerships (Jersey) Law 2012 is fully effective and provides for civil partners, as far as is possible, to be treated in the same way as married couples. In order to do this, amendments to the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010 and the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012 are required prior to the Regulations being lodged.

Resource Implications: There are no new financial, property, ICT or human resources issues arising.

Action required: The Chief Minister’s Department will inform the Law Draftsman when all consequential amendments relating to the Civil Partnerships Regulations have been agreed by the relevant departments so that the Chief Minister can then lodge the Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No 2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

 

Senator I.J. Gorst  

Chief Minister

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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