Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 19 November 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0093
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 201-		Date of Decision Summary:	15 November 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Policy Principal		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Policy Principal
Written Report Title :	n/a		Date of Written Report:	n/a
Written Report Author:	n/a		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	n/a
Subject: Social Security Department Legislation - Civil Partnership Law consequential amendments
Decision(s): The Chief Minister is to lodge the Civil Partnership (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. For the Civil Partnerships (Jersey) Law 201- to be effective the following law needs to be amended in order to provide for civil partners, as far as is possible, to be treated in the same way as married couples: The Minister for Social Security agreed the changes required to be made within the following Law in order to implement the Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 201-: Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012
Reason(s) for Decision: A consequential change to legislation administered by the Social Security Department which needs to be amended in order to provide for civil partners, as far as is possible, to be treated in the same way as married couples.
Resource Implications: There will be a minor reduction in the ongoing costs of the long-term care benefit as the assets of a civil partner would be taken into account when calculating a payment under the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012.
Action required: Social Security to inform the Chief Minister’s office of the agreement to the consequential Law changes.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):