Aircraft Registration (Jersey) Law 2014: Registrar of Aircraft: Appointment

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A decision made on 25 June 2020

Decision Reference: MD-E-2020-0021
Decision Summary Title :	Registrar of Aircraft Appointment	Date of Decision Summary:	12/06/2020
Decision Summary author	Private Secretary	Decision Summary: Public or exempt?	Public
Type of report: Oral or Written?	Written	Person giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report title :	Registrar of Aircraft Appointment	Date of Written Report:	10/06/2020
Written Report author	Group Director, Economy	Written Report: Public or exempt?	Exempt (QE Art 33)
Subject: Aircraft Registration (Jersey) Law 2014: Registrar of Aircraft - Appointment
Decision: The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture (EDTSC) appointed Mr Ian Clarkson as Registrar of Aircraft with effect from 12th June 2020, in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Aircraft Registration (Jersey) Law 2014. The Minister further noted – (a) that Ports of Jersey Limited continued to retain responsibility for day-to-day Jersey Aircraft Registry operations, with such responsibilities having been fulfilled via the engagement of third party services provider TrustFlight (Jersey) Limited (b) the terms of the related contract agreed between Ports of Jersey Limited and TrustFlight (Jersey) Limited for provision of Aircraft Registry services.
Reasons for Decision: The Minister was satisfied that the recommended appointee was able to fulfil the responsibilities associated with the role and that he had been selected following an appropriate competitive recruitment process.
Resource Implications: There are no direct financial or manpower resource implications resulting from the appointment. Economy budgets have retained provision for a Registrar of Aircraft.
Action required: The Minister’s Private Secretary was instructed to notify the appointee of his appointment as soon as practicable.
Signature: Senator Lyndon Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Date signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)