Regulation of Undertakings and Development: Budget Transfer from Economic Development to Chief Minister's Department

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A decision made on 9 August 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2011-0098
Decision Summary Title:	Budget Transfer: Regulation of Undertakings and Developments budget from the Economic Development Department to the Chief Minister’s Department		Date of Decision Summary:	5th August 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Director, Population Office		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Budget Transfer: Regulation of Undertakings and Developments budget from the Economic Development Department to the Chief Minister’s Department		Date of Written Report:	5th August 2011
Written Report Author:	Director, Population Office		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Budget Transfer: Regulation of Undertakings and Developments budget and 6 FTEs from the Economic Development Department to the Chief Minister’s Department with effect from 1st August 2011.
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved the transfer of the part year budget and 6 FTEs with effect from 1st August 2011 and the full year budget from the Economic Development Department to the Chief Minister’s Department with effect from 2012, including the CSR proposals for 2012 and 2013.
Reason(s) for Decision: The States has now approved a new Law (P.37/2011) to replace the Housing (Jersey) Law, 1949 and the Regulation of Undertakings and Development (Jersey) Law. To facilitate the management of resources during the transitional phase in the lead up to the new Law, it is proposed that the Regulation of Undertakings budget now also be transferred to the Chief Minister’s Department. In this way, the Population Office will have a single budget under the Chief Minister’s Department. Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. Under Financial Direction 3.6 “Variations to Heads of Expenditure”, all transfers between heads of expenditure arising from the transfer of responsibility and administration of a service require both the relevant ministers party to the transfer to agree the associated financial and manpower transfers and to notify such transfers to the Treasurer of the States. Delegation 1.3 (October 2010) delegates authority for non-contentious transfers between expenditure heads of up to £1,000,000 to the Treasurer of the States.
Resource Implications: The budget and 6 FTEs for the administration of the Regulation of Undertakings and Developments (Jersey) Law, 1973 will be transferred from the Economic Development Department to the Chief Minister’s Department. The resource implications are identified in the attached report.
Action required: Ministerial Decision of the Chief Minister, Treasurer’s Delegated Decision Head of Financial Performance Reporting and Finance Director – Corporate Group to effect transfers
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