Channel Islands Lottery: Allocation of 2014 Jersey Profits

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A decision made 21 October 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2015-0095
Decision Summary Title :	Allocation of the Jersey portion of the 2014 Channel Islands Lottery Profits		Date of Decision Summary:	21 October 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Allocation of the Jersey portion of the 2014 Channel Islands Lottery Profits		Date of Written Report:	21 October 2015
Written Report Author:	Assistant Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Allocation of the Jersey portion of the 2014 Channel Islands Lottery Profits.
Decision(s): The Minister approved and agreed to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the appended Report & Proposition proposing that 100% of the Channel Islands Lottery profits for 2014 be awarded to the Association of Jersey Charities.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister is required by Regulation 4(5) of the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery)(Jersey) Regulations 1975 to ask for States approval to distribute unallocated lottery profits.
Resource Implications: Subject to States’ approval, 100% of the Jersey profits from the Channel Islands Lottery in 2014 will be transferred, subject to the agreement of a Service Level Agreement, to the Association of Jersey Charities. There are no manpower implications for the States.
Action required: The Assistant Director to forward the Report & Proposition to the States Greffe with a request that it be lodged au Greffe for States debate at the earliest opportunity.
Signature: Senator L. J. Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Channel Islands Lottery: Allocation of 2014 Jersey Profits

CHANNEL ISLANDS LOTTERY:

Allocation of Profits for 2014

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –

To agree, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 4(5) of the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Regulations 1975, that all monies standing to the credit of the Channel Islands Lottery (Jersey) Fund which have not already been set aside by the Minister (representing 100% of the total Jersey portion of the profits of the Channel Islands Lottery for 2014) should be paid to the Association of Jersey Charities for the benefit of the community and the charitable needs of the Island.

MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

REPORT

The profit from sales of all Channel Islands Lottery tickets in 2014, according to the provisions of the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Regulations 1975, is to be applied “in such manner and for such purposes of public benefit as the States shall from time to time by Act direct”. It is the Minister’s recommendation to the States that 100% of these funds is granted, subject to a new Service Level Agreement, to the Association of Jersey Charities.

The Association now represents over 300 member charities, and undertakes a valuable function by considering and allocating funding to its membership on the basis of need. In doing so, the Association continues to fulfil a vital social need.

The Economic Development Department, together with the Chief Minister’s Department, are working with the Association of Jersey Charities to ensure that in future the annual proceeds of the Channel Islands Lottery proceeds are accessible beyond the current membership of the Association to a broader spectrum of the Jersey community. The final plans for this will be presented in March 2016 as part of the Public Lotteries Report for 2015.

Financial and manpower implications

Subject to States’ approval, 100% of the Jersey profits from the Channel Islands Lottery in 2014 will be transferred as soon as is reasonably practicable to the Association of Jersey Charities. There are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.