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A decision made (21/09/2007) regarding: Appointed Day Act - Income Support Legislation.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2007-0065
Decision Summary Title :	Appointed Day Act – Income Support legislation		Date of Decision Summary:	21 September 2007
Decision Summary Author:	Sue Duhamel Strategy Analyst		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 :	Appointed Day Act – Income Support legislation		Date of Written Report:	21 September 2007
Written Report Author:	Sue Duhamel Strategy Analyst		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Appointed Day Act – Income Support legislation
Decision(s): 1. The Minister approved the Appointed Day Act and accompanying report 2. The Minister requested that the amendment be lodged for debate on 9 October 2007
Reason(s) for Decision: The Income Support (Jersey) Law 200- has been approved by the States and the scheme itself is due to be implemented in January 2008. The Income Support Regulations (P.90/2007) and the Income Support Special Payment Regulations are due for debate on 9 October 2007. The Appointed Day Act sets an appointed day of 28 January 2008 for the implementation of the Income Support Law and subordinate legislation.
Resource Implications: The resource implications of introducing the Income Support scheme in 2008 are fully covered by the Department’s manpower and financial budgets for 2008.
Action required: To lodge the Appointed Day Act through the Greffe for debate on the same day as P.90 and P.91
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Appointed Day Act - Income Support Legislation.

Report

If adopted, this Act will bring into force the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007, which was debated and approved by the States on the 10th October 2006, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council on 14th December 2006 and registered in the Royal Court on 12th January 2007.

The Income Support Law provides for a single means-related benefit system to replace a number of existing statutory and non-statutory benefits.

This proposition, if approved, will bring into force the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 and its associated subordinate legislation on the 28th January 2008, with the exception of Regulation 8 and Schedule 3 of the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007 which will come into force on the same day as Article 6 of the Goods and Services Tax (Jersey) Law 2007. Regulation 8 provides for an increase in component rates following the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax.

Financial and manpower implications

The budget for the Income Support scheme is based on the amalgamation of existing benefit budgets and has been approved for 2008. Transfers of staff from the Housing Department (7 FTE) and the Parish of St Helier (11 FTE) to the Social Security Department have been agreed.