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Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order - Amendment of 2011 agreed increase

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A decision made 20 December 2010 regarding: Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order - Amendment of 2011 agreed increase.

Decision Reference:  MD-HSS-2010-0065

Decision Summary Title :

Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order- amendment of 2011 agreed increase

Date of Decision Summary:

17 December 2010

Decision Summary Author:

 

Assistant Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Management

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order- amendment of 2011 agreed increase

Date of Written Report:

17 December 2010

Written Report Author:

Assistant Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Management

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:  Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order- amendment of 2011 agreed increase

 

Decision(s):  The Minister agreed to amend the increase in fees agreed in MD-HSS-2010- 0051 with respect to Cremation (Jersey) Law 1985 for completion of medical certificates and Residential Homes (Gen Prov) (Jersey) Order 1995 and Nursing ad Mental Nursing Homes (Gen Prov) Order 1995 for registration of the person carrying on.

Reason(s) for decision: Within MD-HSS-2010-0051 the fees for completion of cremation certificates and registration of persons carrying on in nursing homes and residential homes were raised by 2.57%. Treasury approval was not sought for this increase which is above the threshold of 2.5% laid out in Financial Direction 4.1.

As such the Minister wished to reduce these charges to 2.5% as described in the report, Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order- amendment of 2011 agreed increase.

 

Resource Implications: Negligible

 

Action required:  The Department will notify the Law Draftsman of the necessary amendment to the fee increases before the revised draft Order is referred to the Minister for final approval.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order - Amendment of 2011 agreed increase

Public Health Fees Prescribed by Order- amendment of 2011 agreed increase

 

 

MD-HSS-2010-0051, signed by the Minister on 6 December 2010, laid out the annual increases in Public Health fees for 2011.

 

2 of the listed fees were 0.07% above the 2.5% threshold for which Financial Direction 4.1 demands Treasury approval. Treasury approval was not sought for these 2 fees.

As such the Minister is advised to review these fees and reduce them to reflect a 2.5% increase on the previous year.

 

The fees in question are:

 

1) Cremation (Jersey) Law 1985

 

For completion of medical certificates- the 2011 agreed fee of £49.75 should be amended to £49.71

 

 

 

2) Residential Homes (Gen Prov) (Jersey) Order 1995 and Nursing and Mental Nursing Homes (Gen Prov) Order 1995

 

For registration of the person carrying on- the 2011 agreed fee of £169.50 should amended to £169.38

 

17 December 2010

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