Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 (Appointed Day) Act 202-

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A decision made on 8 June 2021

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-C-2021-0024
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 (Appointed Day) Act 202- decision to lodge “au Greffe”
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Senior Policy Officer	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT?		Public
REPORT TITLE: Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 (Appointed Day) Act 202- decision to lodge “au Greffe”
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Chief Minister	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT		Public
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Chief Minister approved for lodging “au Greffe” the Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 (Appointed Day) Act 202- The Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 was adopted by the States Assembly on 1st May 2019, granted Royal Assent on 8th October 2019 and registered by the Royal Court on 18th October 2019. Article 23 provides for the Law to come into force on such day or days as the States may by Act appoint, and for different dates to be appointed for different provisions and different purposes of the Law. This Appointed Day Act brings Articles 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Law into force on the day after the Act is made. The Act provides for the remaining provisions, excluding Article 11, to come into force on the day on which the first Legal Aid Guidelines published by the Chief Minister come into effect. Article 11 of the Law, which relates to conditional fee agreements, is excluded from this Appointed Day Act pending further consideration of this matter.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: The Law does not of itself have any direct public resource implications. It does, however, enable Guidelines to be decided upon in due course which could have resource implications. The public resource implications of the proposed revised scheme attached as an annex to P.23/2019 were included in part 4 of the report to that proposition.
ACTION REQUIRED: The Senior Policy Officer will inform the Greffier of the States of this decision and request that the Appointed Day Act be lodged “au Greffe” for consideration by the States Assembly.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Senator John Le Fondré Chief Minister
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: