To receive the Report and Accounts for the Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work
1. Summary
The Minister is asked to consider and approve the Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work (Council) report and accounts for the period covering the 1st January to the 31st December 2006 and agree to their presentation to the States.
The Minister is also asked to note the report entitled ‘The Next Step 2007 -2010’, which has prepared by the Council on its future direction for the next 3 years.
2. Report and Accounts for the Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work
The Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work was established by the States in 1973 as an independent body to promote health and safety at work.
The Council consists of a Chairman and four members all of whom have been recognised as having an interest in health and safety at work. The Council is assisted by a part-time secretary, the only paid employee of the Council, the Chairman and members serving in an honorary capacity. The Director of Health and Safety sits on the Council as an ex-officio member.
The Council is required to present an annual report to the States, through the Minister, which details its activities throughout the year together with an annual set of audited accounts.
The report and accounts are included as Appendix A to this report.
3. The Next Step 2007 – 2010
The Council have produced a report ‘The Next Step 2007 – 2010’, which is included as Appendix B, which continues from their previous report, ‘The Way Forward’.
The report will assist the Council in providing a direction and focus on the work which it is intended be carried out over the next 3 years.
4. RECOMMENDATION
The Minister is asked to agree to the reports and accounts being presented to the States and grant the Council’s funding request for 2006.
The Minister is also asked to note the report ‘The Next Step 2007-2020’.
Colin Myers
Director of Health and Safety