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Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 12 August 2019:

Ministerial decision reference   MD-C-2019-0100

Decision summary title    Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Decision summary author

Digital Policy Advisor

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title    Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Report author or name of person giving report

Digital Policy Unit

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Deputy Chief Minister approved the draft Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201- and requested officers to arrange for them to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate by the States in due course.

The draft Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201- clarify, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions around electronic signatures and the making of contracts by electronic means.

The States of Jersey wishes to eliminate any legal barriers, real or perceived, to the completion of contracts by electronic means and ensure that Jersey’s legislative environment is not perceived by businesses to be less conducive to electronic contracts than its competitor jurisdictions.  The draft Regulations achieve these objectives and ensure that businesses can place the same confidence in its provisions as they would be able to in rival jurisdictions such as Guernsey or the Cayman Islands.

Resource implications

There are no resource implications.

Action required

The Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the Electronic Communications (Amendment of Law) Regulations 201-  to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ with a view to the Regulations being debated at the earliest possible date.

Signature

 

 

Position

Senator Lyndon Farnham

Deputy Chief Minister

Date signed

Effective date of the decision

 

 

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