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Royal Court (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey) Law 202-

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A decision made on 23 December 2021

Ministerial decision reference    MD-C-2021-0116

Decision summary title   Draft Royal Court (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey) Law 202-

Decision summary author

Head of Policy, Justice

Is the decision summary public or exempt?  

Public

Report title  Draft Royal Court (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey) Law 202-

Report author or name of

person giving report

Head of Policy, Justice

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision: The Chief Minister decided to bring this Amendment to the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948 in order to modernise and improve the arrangements for Jurats’ retirement. This follows discussions between the Bailiff, Jurats and Law Officers.

This Amendment will allow Jurats who have served for at least 6 years to notify the Bailiff that they wish to retire with at least 6 months’ notice and make some other minor updates to the Law.

 

Resource implications: This amendment could have the potential for a marginal increase in the number of times the Electoral College must be convened to elect new Jurats, but this is understood to be manageable within the established resources for the Courts and related services.

Action required Officers to request the Greffier of the States to lodge the Amendment “au Greffe” for debate as soon as possible.

Signature

 

 

 

 

Position

Senator John Le Fondré

Chief Minister

 

 

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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