Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 201-: Lodging

Information about the publication of Ministerial Decisions

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demonstrating that good governance, and clear lines of accountability and authority, are in place around decisions-making – including the reasons and basis on which a decision is made, and the action required to implement a decision
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A decision made on 3 December 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2012-0157
Decision Summary Title :	Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2012		Date of Decision Summary:	30 November 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Director, Finance Industry Development		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2012		Date of Written Report:	18 September 2012
Written Report Author:	Director, Finance Industry Development		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Approval of the draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2012
Decision(s): The Minister for Economic Development approved the following draft Regulations: i) Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2012 The Minister further directed that the documents be lodged au Greffe for debate by the States at the earliest opportunity.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Limited Liability Partnership (Jersey) Law 1997 (the “LLP Law”) has now been in force for some 15 years and requires modernising. This decision allows an amendment to be made to the existing 1997 LLP Law by Regulations in order to remove the onerous requirements of the 1997 Law to encourage the use of the LLP in the island.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications arising as a result of this decision.
Action required: The documents to be lodged au Greffe for debate by the States at the earliest opportunity.
Signature: Senator AJH Maclean		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):