Money owed to GoJ by Battle of Flowers Association (FOI)

​Request 697175482

The Government gave a grant to The Jersey Battle of Flowers Association Ltd of £270,000 in 2024.

Does the Battle of Flowers Association owe the States Treasury any money in respect of ITIS, Social Security or GST and if so how much for each category?

Response

This information is exempt from publication under Article 29 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, which states that information is absolutely exempt if the disclosure is prohibited by an enactment. Article 8 of the Revenue Administration (Jersey) Law 2019 prohibits the disclosure of any information obtained under a Revenue Law, including the GST Law, for any purpose other than that for which it was obtained. 

Article applied 

​Article 29 - Other prohibitions or restrictions

Information is absolutely exempt information if the disclosure of the information by the scheduled public authority holding it –

(a) is prohibited by or under an enactment;

(b) is incompatible with a European Union or an international obligation that applies to Jersey; or

(c) would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.​