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Home Affairs: Appointment of Assistant Minister

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A decision made on 5 December 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2014-0068

Decision Summary Title :

Appointment of Assistant Minister – Home Affairs Department

Date of Decision Summary:

2 December 2014

Decision Summary Author:

 

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Appointment of Assistant Minister

Date of Written Report:

2 December 2014

Written Report Author:

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject: Home Affairs Department – Appointment of Assistant Minister.

 

Decision(s): The Minister for Home Affairs, after receiving the consent of the Chief Minister, has appointed Connétable Deidre W Mezbourian as Assistant Minister.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: Article 25(1) of the States of Jersey Law 2005 allows a Minister to appoint elected members as his or her Assistant Ministers. Under Article 25(2), a Minister may only appoint an Assistant Minister with the prior consent of the Chief Minister.

 

Having received the consent of the Chief Minister, the Minister for Home Affairs has decided to appoint Connétable Deidre W Mezbourian as her Assistant Minister.

 

The Assistant Minister will be required to deputise for the Minister and will have particular responsibility for the Jersey Customs and Immigration Service; the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the Office of the Superintendent Registrar.

Resource Implications: There are no financial or resource implications arising from this decision.

 

Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to notify the Chief Minister’s Department when the decision has been made by the Minister.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Home Affairs

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Home Affairs: Appointment of Assistant Minister

Appointment of Assistant Minister

 

Article 25(1) of the States of Jersey Law 2005 (‘the Law’) allows a Minister to appoint elected members as his or her Assistant Ministers.  Under Article 25(2) of the Law, a Minister may only appoint an Assistant Minister with the prior consent of the Chief Minister.

 

The Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst, has given his prior consent to the Minister to appoint Connétable Deidre Mezbourian as the Assistant Minister for Home Affairs.

 

The Assistant Minister will deputise for the Minister and will have particular responsibility for Jersey Customs and Immigration Service; the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the Office of the Superintendent Registrar.

 

 

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

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