Budget Transfer: Planning Appeals Tribunal: Funding from Central Contingencies

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A decision made 21 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2015-0137
Decision Summary Title:	Planning Appeals Tribunal – Contingency Funding Allocation		Date of Decision Summary:	15th December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Planning Appeals Tribunal – Contingency Funding Allocation		Date of Written Report:	15th December 2015
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt (Article 26)
Subject: Non-recurring Central Contingency allocation in 2015 of up to £192,200 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for the funding of the Planning Appeals Tribunal.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation in 2015 of up to £192,200 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) to the Department of Environment revenue head of expenditure and the subsequent transfer to the Judicial Greffe revenue head of expenditure for the funding of the Planning Appeals Tribunal.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister be transferred from one head of expenditure to another head of expenditure for any purpose not mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b). Propositions P.87/2013, P.94/2014 and P.3/2015 agreed that funding for the Planning Appeals Tribunal for 2014 and 2015 would be allocated from Central Contingency, and this was envisaged as being payable to the Department of Environment.
Resource Implications: The effect on the Department of Environment revenue head of expenditure is net nil. The Judicial Greffe revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £192,200 in 2015 and the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) to decrease by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2013 to 2015.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to notify the Finance Manager, Department of Environment that the decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: