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Road Traffic (No. 57) (Jersey) Regulations 200-: Credit card style licences.

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A decision made (29/11/2006) regarding Road Traffic (No. 57) (Jersey) Regulations 200-, enabling credit card style Jersey driving licence.

Subject:

ROAD TRAFFIC (No57) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 200-

Decision Reference:

MD-T-2006-0094

Exempt clause(s):

 

Type of Report:

(oral or written)

WRITTEN

Person Giving Report (if oral):

 

Telephone or

e-mail Meeting?

 

Report

File ref:

DRIVLI/8/J/JBS

Written report – Title

DRAFT ROAD TRAFFIC (No57) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 200-

Written report – Author

(name and job title)

JAMES B SINCLAIR

DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF MOTOR TRAFFIC

Decision(s):

To agree the draft Road Traffic (No 57) (Jersey) Regulations 2000- and arrange to be lodged on 5th December 2006 for debate on 16th January 2007.

Reason(s) for decision:

To amend the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 enabling a credit card style Jersey driving licence to be issued to residents after identity checking procedures effected.

Action required:

1. Minister to agree the Regulations.

2. TTS to forward the draft Regulations and Report to the States Greffe for lodging on 5th December 2006 and debate on 16th January 2007

Signature:

(Minister/ Assistant Minister)

Date of Decision:

29 November 2006

Road Traffic (No. 57) (Jersey) Regulations 200-: Credit card style licences.

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT & TECHNICAL SERVICES

ROAD TRAFFIC (No57)( JERSEY ) REGULATIONS 200-

REPORT

These Regulations will enable a secure credit card style Jersey driving licence to be issued to residents of the Island after the appropriate identity checks have been carried out.

The current, pink, foldable cardboard Jersey driving licence has been in existence since 1 January 1994. Its computer platform is the States main frame VAX system and its computer software program is the now obsolete Dataflex 2.1.

In 2003 the States Information Technology Department indicated to DVS they wished to close the VAX system. This would necessitate the Driving Licence System being moved to another platform.

Driver & Vehicle Standards agreed and at the same time took the opportunity to investigate the possibility of re-programming the system software to a more modern one and introduce a credit card style Jersey driving licence. The pink, cardboard driving licence was no longer being accepted as a secure identity document as it was possible to forge or alter.

A working party was set up but the project foundered due to lack of funding.

Early in 2006 the newly formed Transport and Technical Services Department re-started the project. A project board including representatives from the parishes was formed and funding received from the States Information Technology Section.

A supplier was chosen and appointed, the software re-programmed with the ability to produce secure credit card style Jersey driving licences.

The No57 Regulations:-

(i) Define a permanent resident of Jersey

(ii) Ensure a parish only grants a driving licence to a permanent resident as defined in the regulations.

(iii) Empower the Minister for Transport and Technical Services to agree the identity criteria which applicants will have to meet before a parish issues a licence. This is to combat identity theft/fraud.

(iv) Increase the validity period of a driving licence from 5 to 10 years.

The new credit card style licence will:

(i) Conform to the 3rd EU Directive on Driving Licences.

(ii) Be a more secure, durable, difficult to forge and more convenient document.

(iii) Be more acceptable as a form of identity due to the increased security measures.

(iv) Be dealt with by the 12 parishes but the licences being printed and distributed centrally at the Town Hall.

MANPOWER IMPLICATIONS

None.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

None.

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

These Regulations are Human Rights compliant.

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT & TECHNICAL SERVICES

21 NOVEMBER 2006

 

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