Lord Portsea Gift Fund: Application to Royal Court for Incorporated Body and Changes to Rules and Conditions

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A decision made 24 September 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2014-0022
Decision Summary Title :	Lord Portsea Gift Fund: application to the Royal Court		Date of Decision Summary:	19th September 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Andy Gibbs, Head of Lifelong Learning and Skills		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Andy Gibbs
Written Report Title :	n/a		Date of Written Report:	12.3.12
Written Report Author:	n/a		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	n/a
Subject: Lord Portsea Gift Fund: application to the Royal Court
Decision: The Minister decided, in accordance with the States decision on 19th November 2013 to adopt the proposition on ‘The Lord Portsea Gift Fund: Proposed Rules and Conditions’ (P.126/2013), to make an application to the Royal Court for – (a) the Lord Portsea Gift Fund to become an incorporated body under the Loi (1862) sur les teneures en fideicommis et l'incorporation d'associations (‘the 1862 Law’); and (b) the incorporated body to include the changes to the rules and conditions of the Gift Fund that had been approved by the States in adopting P.126/2013.
Reason(s) for Decision: In adopting P.126/2013 the States had agreed to change the rules and conditions of the Lord Portsea Gift Fund to take account of ministerial government, as well as a number of other changes, including altering the upper age of entitlement and extending the category of persons eligible for grants. The States had further agreed that application should be made to the Royal Court for the Fund to become an incorporated body under the 1862 Law, and for this incorporated body to include the changes agreed by the Assembly. The necessary steps have now been taken to prepare the application for the Royal Court, and the approval of the Minister is required for the application to go forward.
Resource Implications: None.
Action required: The Law Officers’ Department will be requested to take the necessary steps for the application to be submitted to the Royal Court.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):