Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund: Application for Funding/Budget Transfers: Police Headquarters Re-location

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A decision made 19 September 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2014-0055
Decision Summary Title:	Application of COCF Funding to the Police Headquarters relocation capital project.		Date of Decision Summary:	15 September 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Police Headquarters Relocation Project – Contribution from the COCF to fund specialist facilities.		Date of Written Report:	14 April 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Director Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt Category: Report 3.2.1 (a) (xiv) Appendix A 3.2.1 (a) (vi) (x) (xii) (xiv)
Subject: The application of funding of £1,800,677 from the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund (COCF) to the Home Affairs Department (HAD) for the Police Headquarters relocation capital project.
Decision(s): The Minister : agreed to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to use the income of £1,800,677 received from the COCF; approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £1,800,677 from the HAD revenue head of expenditure to the Jersey Property Holdings Police Relocation capital head of expenditure; agreed to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources of a non-recurring budget transfer of £1,800,677 from the HAD revenue head of expenditure to the Jersey Property Holdings Police Relocation capital head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: An application was made to the COCF for funding to contribute towards specialist equipment and facilities for the Police Headquarters relocation capital project. HM Attorney General confirmed his support for the use of COCF funds for this purpose on 20 March 2014. The Council of Ministers has endorsed the Minister for Treasury and Resources approval of funding from the COCF for the Police Headquarters relocation capital project. The Minister for Treasury and Resources approval was based on advice received from HM Attorney General. Article 19(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that if, during a financial year, the Minister is satisfied that the income of a States funded body is likely to exceed its estimated income, the Minister may authorise the body to withdraw from the consolidated fund during that year an amount not exceeding the likely excess of income. Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: Once the HAD income target budget and the HAD revenue head of expenditure have been increased by £1,800,677 this sum is subsequently to be transferred from the HAD revenue head of expenditure to the JPH Police Relocation capital head of expenditure. There are no manpower implications.
Action required: Finance Director to advise the Head of Financial Management, Reporting and Accounting, Treasury and Resources Department that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (if different from date signed):