Drainage (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.6/2014): Lodged 'au Greffe'

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A decision made 10 January 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2014-0003
Decision Summary Title :	Trade Effluent Consents – Proposed Amendment to Drainage (Jersey) Law 2005.		Date of Decision Summary:	03 January 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director Drainage Infrastructure		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Trade Effluent Consents – Proposed Amendment to Drainage (Jersey) Law 2005.		Date of Written Report:	03 January 2014
Written Report Author:	Assistant Director Drainage Infrastructure		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Trade Effluent Consents – Proposed Amendment to Drainage (Jersey) Law 2005
Decision(s): The Minister approved the Draft Drainage (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201-.
Reason(s) for Decision: The amendment to the Drainage (Jersey) Law 2005 will introduce both transparency and a control mechanism on the right of the Regulator to grant an authorisation to itself, in this case TTS, and is what is currently provided for in the Water Pollution (Jersey) Law 2000.
Resource Implications: : It is anticipated that the total costs to draft this amendment will be of the order of £20,000 although some of these costs have already been paid for in previous years. There are other minor Revenue costs in converting existing trade effluent consents to certificates as well as costs to advertise proposals. Potentially in the future, there could be legal costs incurred in defending any appeal made against a decision by the Minister but these are currently indeterminate.
Action required: Chief Officer to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the draft Law to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate at an early date.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):