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Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made on 27 July 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2012-0088

Decision Summary Title :

DS – Draft Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Date of Decision Summary:

19th July 2012

Decision Summary Author:

 

 Director of Trading Standards           

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Draft Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Date of Written Report:

19th July 2012

Written Report Author:

Director of Trading Standards

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject:  Draft Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

 

Decision(s):  The Chief Minister approved the attached draft Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201- and decided to lodge them ‘au Greffe’ for debate.

 

Reason(s) for Decision:  The adoption by the States of P146/2011 required the Minister to bring forward for approval the necessary legislation to introduce a requirement for all retailers of road fuel to display the price of road fuel on sale so that it is clearly visible to passing motorists from the adjacent roadway. The attached amendment Regulations will meet that requirement if approved by the States. The Minister has also included some unrelated amendments for consideration as detailed in the report included with the draft amendment Regulations.

 

The Chief Minister is acting on behalf of the Minister for Economic Development in accordance with Article 27(2)(a) of the States of Jersey Law 2005.

 

Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications as a result of this decision.

 

Action required:  The Director of Trading Standards to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the draft Amending Regulations to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ to enable them to be taken into consideration by the States in September 2012.

 

Signature:

 

Senator I Gorst

Position:

 

Chief Minister

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Report to Economic Development Minister

Ministerial Decision to Lodge the Price Indicators (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Background

In November 2011 the States adopted P.146/2011 lodged by Senator Alan Breckon following the publication of a report by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority entitled Review of the Jersey market for road fuels. The proposition required the Economic Development Minister to bring forward for approval the necessary legislation to introduce a requirement for all retailers of road fuel to display prices at the roadside in such a way that they are clearly visible from the adjacent roadway. To implement the States decision it would be necessary to amend the Price Indicators (Jersey) Regulations 2008.

The Minister also considered a report by the Director of Trading Standards on the need to effect amendments to Article 5 of the Regulations to clarify the circumstances in which retailers may discount UK VAT equivalent prices charged in Jersey.  

Subsequently the Minister signed a Ministerial Decision, MD-E-2012-0052, which authorised the Director of Trading Standards to provide drafting instructions to the Law Draftsman to facilitate preparation of an amendment to the Price Indicators (Jersey) Regulations 2008 that would:

  1. Give effect to the States decision of 2nd November 2011 to bring forward for approval the necessary legislation to introduce a requirement for all retailers of road fuel to display the price of road fuel on sale so that it is clearly visible to passing motorists from the adjacent roadway.
  2. To make appropriate amendments to the Regulations to clarify the circumstances under which traders may offer discounts on selling prices.

The amendments have now been drafted and the necessary internal checks completed.

Financial and Resource Implications

There are no resource implications for the States as a result of the draft amendment.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister approves the attached draft Price Indicators (Amendments) (Jersey) Regulations 201- and authorises them to be lodged for debate as soon as possible.

Director of Trading Standards, 19thJuly 2012           

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