Jersey Lifeboat Association letters (FOI)

Request

On 2 February 2018 the then Chief Minister Ian Gorst, wrote a letter addressed to ‘Jersey Lifeboats’ from the contents of the letter it is evident that Jersey Lifeboats is now The Jersey Lifeboat Association.

At the start of the letter Ian Gorst refers to a letter that Jersey Lifeboats sent to the Lieutenant Governor and copied to him.

Can you please make available a copy of this letter referred to by Ian Gorst, and any response from Jersey Lifeboats?

Response

A letter from Jersey Lifeboats to the Lieutenant Governor dated 2 January 2018, and a letter from The Jersey Lifeboat Association to Senator Gorst dated 10 February 2018 are attached as PDF documents below. They have had personal information redacted in line with Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Jersey Lifeboats - copy of letter - 02.01.18 (redacted)

Jersey Lifeboat Association- Re JLA Report - 12.02.18 (redacted)

Article applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.