International Finance Centre leases (FOI)

​​Request

Please provide details of all businesses that have taken on leases in the IFC buildings since they have been completed.

Response

​Details of businesses that have taken on leases in the IFC buildings are registered with the Royal Court. Once the contract is passed before the Royal Court the details will be made available on the Public Registry Index and Document Enrolment (“PRIDE”) by the following Thursday. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

The PRIDE system can be accessed either at the Judicial Greffe Public Registry, in the basement of the States Building, or at the Jersey Archive, Clarence Road.

Contact details for the Judicial Greffe can be found at the following link:

Public Registry records (gov.je)​

The information relating to how long the lessee businesses have been operating in Jersey is not held by the Government of Jersey, therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.  

Articles applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​