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A decision made (07/04/2008) regarding: UK Marine Bill - Permissive extent clause.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2008-0078
Decision Summary Title :	Marine Bill PEC FEPA		Date of Decision Summary:	27 March 2008
Decision Summary Author:	International Relations		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	UK Marine Bill – permissive extent clause		Date of Written Report:	27 March 2008
Written Report Author:	International relations		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: UK Marine Bill – permissive extent clause.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to request that a permissive extent clause be included in the U.K. Marine Bill to enable the part or parts of the Bill that replace Part 2 of the Food and Environment Protection Act and any other related provisions to be extended to Jersey.
Reason(s) for Decision: The UK Marine Bill consolidates several pieces of marine legislation, including the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA), which is extended to Jersey by the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (Jersey) Order 1987, and a number of different pieces of marine regulatory legislation. The government of Jersey wishes to continue to regulate activities that may affect the marine environment. This may be achieved either by extension of certain provisions of the Marine Bill or, more likely, by the introduction of equivalent Jersey legislation in due course. A permissive extent clause would enable the relevant provisions of the Bill to be extended to Jersey, should the States decide this is desirable in future. The current provisions of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (Jersey) Order 1987 shall remain in force until it is replaced and a request is made to revoke the Order.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications arising directly from this proposal.
Action required: Inform the Greffe publications editor of the decision. International Relations to draft official correspondence to inform the United Kingdom authorities of the request for a permissive extent clause in the Marine Bill.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):