Different roles within Greffe departments (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 16 May 2024.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

​Request

A

Please provide details of the roles of the States Greffes?

B

Is the Judicial Greffe different from the ones that sit in the states chamber? Or does the Judicial Greffe, sometimes sit in the states Chamber?

C

Would it be possible for Senator Moz Scott to disclose the name of the female Greffe who made a comment, saying, "well no you stupid woman"?

Response

A

The States Greffe is established in accordance with Article 41 of the States of Jersey Law 2005.  It comprises the Greffier of the States, the Deputy Greffier of the States and, in accordance with the Law, further officers to ensure the service of the department.

States of Jersey Law 2005 (jerseylaw.je)

Functions of the department are specified within the Law, the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey and other pieces of legislation, including:

Administrative Decisions (Review) (Jersey) Law 1982 (jerseylaw.je)

Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 (jerseylaw.je)​

Commissioner for Standards (Jersey) Law 2017 (jerseylaw.je)

Referendum (Jersey) Law 2017 (jerseylaw.je)

Standing Orders of the States of Jersey.pdf (gov.je)

The department also responds to the direction of the Bailiff (as President of the States), the States Assembly, the Assembly’s Committees and Panels and individual elected Members of the States.  

The States Greffe Business Plan for 2024 includes a description of the roles of the States Greffe. 

​States Greffe and Legislative Drafting Office Business Plan 2024.pdf (gov.je)​

B

The Judicial Greffe is an entirely separate department from the States Greffe and the two departments do not share functions or operations.  The Judicial Greffe is established in accordance with the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965.

Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965 (jerseylaw.je)​

The Judicial Greffe undertakes no functions in respect of the States Assembly, its Committees and Panels and individual elected Members of the States; and officers of the Judicial Greffe (including the Judicial Greffier) are not present during States Meetings.  In terms of the States Chamber as a location, on some occasions when the States Assembly is not meeting and the room is vacant, the Chamber is used by the Royal Court – in which event the Judicial Greffe undertakes functions within the Chamber and its officers are present; but in support of the Court, not the Assembly.

C

Elected States Members are not scheduled public authorities under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 and the Law does not extend to their work in an individual capacity.  It is not therefore possible to require Members to disclose information held in that capacity.

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.​