Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974: Proposed Revision of Application Form: Law drafting instructions

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(This decision has been rescinded by MD-E2020-0030) A decision made on 8 June 2020

Decision Summary

Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture

Ministerial Decision

Decision Reference: MD-E-2020-0019
Decision Summary Title :	Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974 – Proposed Revision of Application Form		Date of Decision Summary:	26 May 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Hospitality and Leisure Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974 – Proposed revision of Application Form		Date of Written Report:	26 May 2020
Written Report Author:	Hospitality and Leisure Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974 – Proposed revision of Application Form
Decision(s): The Assistant Minister approved the proposed new licencing application form and instructed officers to forward to Legislative Drafting the form and covering drafting instructions for a revised draft Order as soon as practicable.
Reason(s) for Decision: In order to improve the customer experience, better manage the administration within existing resource constraints and improve data collection, The department would like to make incremental refinements to the existing application form and introduce an online process.
Resource Implications: There are no negative financial or manpower costs for the States.
Action required: Officers to forward to Legislative Drafting the form and covering drafting instructions for a revised draft Order as soon as practicable.
Signature: Senator S.Pallett		Position: Assistant Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974: Proposed Revision of Application Form

Licensing (Jersey) Law 1974 – Proposed Revision of Application and Renewal Forms

The Minister retains administrative responsibility for the Licensing (Jersey) Law 1974.

Day to day administration of licence applications and licence renewals is carried out in accordance with Articles 3 and 10 of the Law. Technically, Article 3 requires the use of an application form approved by the Licensing Assembly, while a renewal requires the use of a form prescribed by the Minister by way of an Order. In practice, both are processed using the same hard copy application form as specified in the Licensing (Prescribed Forms) (Jersey) Order 1974, which is attached at Appendix A.

Until relatively recently, applications and renewals were managed by the States Treasury. During the latter part of 2018, however, operational responsibility for this activity was passed to the new Customer and Local Services Department as part of the ongoing transition to the Government of Jersey target operating model. A subsequent appraisal of this transfer led to the conclusion that the activity would be more suitably managed within the Regulation section of what is currently the Growth, Housing and Environment Department.

In order to improve the customer experience, better manage the administration within existing resource constraints and improve data collection, GHE Regulation would like to make incremental refinements to the existing application form and introduce an online process. The proposed new paper application form would take a similar form to the attached design at Appendix B. The equivalent online form would be formatted differently but would request the same information.

The Licensing Assembly has been consulted regarding, and has endorsed the design of, the draft form at Appendix B.

Recommendation

The Minister is invited to endorse the proposed new licensing application form and instruct officials to forward to the Law Draftsman the form and covering drafting instructions for a revised draft Order as soon as practicable.