Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000 Amendment: Law drafting instructions

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A decision made on 29 September 2020

Decision Reference: MD-E-2020-0037
Decision Summary Title:	Electronic Communications: Law drafting instructions		Date of Decision Summary:	10 September 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Digital Policy Advisor		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Instructions for an Amendment to the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000		Date of Written Report:	24 August 2020
Written Report Author:	Digital Policy Advisor		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt
Subject: Amendment to the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000 – law drafting instructions.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the legislative drafting instructions for amendments to the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000.
Reason(s) for Decision: The need to modernise the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000 has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, which have resulted in businesses increasingly using digital technology to conduct their operations online. A number of working groups were organised by Jersey Finance during May and June 2020 - involving representatives of the industry, regulators and the Government - to identify the updates necessary in order to ensure transactions continue to be properly regulated and covered by the legislative framework.
Resource Implications: Legislative drafting time will be required. There are no other financial or manpower resource implications arising from this decision.
Action required: The Digital Policy Advisor to request the Principal Legislative Drafter to arrange for the preparation of the amendments to the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000 to give effect to the law drafting instructions set out in the report.
Signature: Senator Lyndon Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: