Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 7 June 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2011-0047
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Amendment to Draft Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201-		Date of Decision Summary:	7 June 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Policy and Strategy Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	WR - Amendment to Draft Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201-		Date of Written Report:	7 June 2011
Written Report Author:	Policy and Strategy Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Amendment to Draft Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201-
Decision(s): The Minister approved and decided to lodge ‘au Greffe’ an amendment to the Draft Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201-
Reason(s) for Decision: This amendment amends the Draft Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201- to allow the existing Regulations to be cancelled and the new Regulations to be brought into force within seven days.
Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications associated with the amendment to the Regulations.
Action required: Policy and Strategy Director to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the draft legislation to be lodged 'au Greffe' and to request a States debate at the earliest possible opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 201- - Amendment to Draft

Report

The current triennial Food Costs Bonus Regulations will expire on 23 July 2011. A further set of triennial Regulations have been drafted and lodged as P.65/2011. These Regulations are due to come into force on 24 July 2011.

This amendment to the triennial Regulations allows for the repealing of the existing Regulations and for the new Regulations to come into force 7 days after they have been agreed.

Subject to the approval of the States, this would allow applications for the Food Costs Bonus for 2011 to be made one week after the date of the States’ debate.

The value of the proposed Bonus for 2011 is £193.36.

Financial and Manpower considerations

There are no additional financial or manpower considerations in respect of this amendment.

As set out in P.65/2011, based on a current uptake of approximately 2,000 claims per annum, the departmental cash limit includes an allocation of £386,000 for the Food Costs Bonus in 2011.