Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law: Proposed amendments

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A decision made on 10 January 2017:

Ministerial decision reference: MD-HA-2017-0001
Decision summary title: Amendments to the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001
Decision summary author	Director, Social Policy	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title: Amendments to the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001
Report author or name of person giving report	Director, Social Policy	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Assistant Minister, Home Affairs has decided that the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001 (the “2001 Law”) should be amended in accordance with two in principle decisions of the States Assembly: 1) In July 2015 the States of Jersey agreed, in principle, that the “2001 Law” should be amended to allow for the solemnisation of marriages in the open air, including in public spaces (P65/2015: http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/AssemblyPropositions/2015/P.65-2015.pdf) 2) In September 2015, the Assembly further agreed that, in principle the 2001 Law should be amended to allow for same-sex couples to get married in Jersey in accordance with the quadruple lock. (See chapter 1 below) http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/AssemblyPropositions/2015/P.77-2015.pdf).
Resource implications NIL
Action required To request the Law Draftsman to prepare the amended Law for the States to debate.
Signature			Position Assistant Minister, Home Affairs

Date signed			Effective date of the decision