Public Employees Contibutory Retirement Scheme: Membership of Committee of Management

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A decision made 21 September 2012:

Decision reference: MD-C-2012-0091
Decision Summary Title :	Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme - Membership of the Committee of Management		Date of Decision Summary:	19th September 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Project and Research Officer		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 :	Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme - Membership of the Committee of Management		Date of Written Report:	31st August 2012
Written Report Author:	Project Director – Pensions		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme - Membership of the Committee of Management
Decision(s): The Chief Minister, acting in accordance with Regulation 3 (2) of the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989, agreed to lodge ‘au Greffe’ a Report and Proposition recommending the appointment of the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme for the States to debate at the earliest opportunity.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Committee of Management of the Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme exercises all such powers, authorities and discretion as are vested in it by the Regulations governing the scheme. The previous 3 year term of office for members finishes on 31st December 2012 and the decision has accordingly been taken to recommend the appointment of the Committee of Management for a further 3 year period. The appointments have been considered and supported by the States Employment.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications.
Action required: The Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the report and proposition to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for States debate at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Senator I.J. Gorst Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Public Employees Contibutory Retirement Scheme: Membership of Committee of Management

PROPOSITION

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SCHEME COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT: MEMBERSHIP

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion -

to approve, in accordance with Regulation 3(2) of the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989, the appointment of the Committee of Management, for a period of three years commencing 1st January 2013 as follows -

Employer Representatives

Mr Scot Laing

Mr Stuart Lusby

Mr Terence Le Sueur

Mr John Mills

Mr Sachin Meeku Patidar

Mr Steven Warner

Employee Representatives

Mr Gary Birbeck

Mr John Fosse

Mr Mark Johnson

Mr Thomas Querns

Mr Mark Richardson

Ms Barbara Ward

CHIEF MINISTER

SENATOR IAN GORST

REPORT

The Regulations provide that a Committee of Management will be established which shall have and exercise all such powers, authorities and discretion as are vested in it by the Regulations governing the scheme.

Under the Regulations the membership comprises six employer representatives and six member representatives or such greater equal number as may be determined from time to time by agreement between the Chief Minister and the representative associations. The proposed membership is for six on each side.

Three of the employer representatives are chosen by the Chief Minister and these are:-

Mr S Laing
Mr J Mills
Mr S Lusby

The remaining three of the employer representatives are chosen by the Minister for Treasury & Resources and these are:-

Mr S M Patidar,
Mr S Warner
Mr T Le Sueur

The member representative nominations have been submitted by the Public Employees Pension Scheme Joint Negotiating Group.

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