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Emergency Powers and Planning (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 201-: Amendment

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A decision made 28 August 2019:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2019-0105

Decision Summary Title :

DS – Emergency Powers Amendments

Date of Decision Summary:

28 August 2019

Decision Summary Author:

External Relations Officer (Brexit Contingency)

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

NA

Written Report

Title :

WR – Emergency Powers Amendments

Date of Written Report:

29 July 2019

Written Report Author:

External Relations Officer (Brexit Contingency)

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Amendments to the Emergency Powers and Planning (Jersey) Law 1990 – Decision to lodge ‘au Greffe’.

Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved for lodging ‘au Greffe’ the Draft Emergency Powers and Planning (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 201-.

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

Further to comments received from the Brexit Scrutiny Panel,  the Chief Minister has decided that it is desirable to make a small amendment to the draft Emergency Powers and Planning (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201- (the “draft Law”) to provide a competent authority, appointed for the purposes of Emergency Powers and Planning (Jersey) Law 1990, with the power to make provision for the payment of compensation where that would be an appropriate action in all the circumstances in light of the level and nature of interference with an individual’s property rights that arises from the effect of an Order that may be made by the competent authority.

 

The Emergency Powers and Planning Law 1990 has been considered ready for revision for some time. The prospect of a Day 1 No Deal (D1ND) Brexit in autumn 2019 meant that Ministers decided to amend the Law to ensure that the current provisions were fit for purpose in the event of an emergency situation occurring. This was approved in Ministerial Decision MD-C-2019-0090, signed by the Chief Minister on 29 July 2019.

 

The amendments are in two parts:

a)      Amendments to make changes to the process and membership of the Emergencies Council (EC); and

b)      The creation of a ‘competent authority’ for medicines and medical supplies, to mirror the existing competent authorities for other essential services and supplies.

 

Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications.

 

Action required: The External Relations (Brexit Contingency) Officer to send the relevant documents to the States Greffe immediately for lodging.

 

Signature:

 

 

 

Position: Chief Minister

Date Signed

 

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

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