Jersey's new Health Law (FOI)

​Request 694301665

​Please provide clarity at what stage of law drafting is Jersey's new health law at, and when it is due to be debated in the state's chamber and the proposed date it is due to come into force. Could you also provide a link to its present content to review this new law.

Response

Law drafting instructions were issued by the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Law Drafting Office on 04 March 2025. It is due to be lodged for debate in the States Assembly before the end of this year. 

The date on which the draft Law is proposed to come into force is not yet known, due to a number of variables contained within the legislative development and enactment process. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

A public link to the legislation will become available on the States Assembly website once the legislation has been drafted and lodged as a proposition for debate.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.