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Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012

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[THIS DECISION HAS BEEN RESCINDED BY MD-HA-2013-0001 AND SUPERSEDED BY MD-HA-2013-0002] A decision made 28 December 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2012-0090

Decision Summary Title :

Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012

Date of Decision Summary:

20 December 2012

Decision Summary Author:

 

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012

Date of Written Report:

20 December 2012

Written Report Author:

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject: Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012.

Decision(s): The Minister made the Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: On 19 December 2012 the Minister made a Ministerial Decision (MD-HA-2012-0086) agreeing to increase the fee payable for the issue of a fire certificate.  The Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012 gives effect to that decision.

 

Resource Implications: Additional income will be raised by the introduction of the increase in charges.  This is in line with the principle of ‘user pays’, which was approved by the States and will enable the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service to recover the costs associated with the issuing of fire certificates.

 

Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to inform the Publications Editor at the States Greffe that the Order has been made and to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the making of the Order to be notified to the States.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Home Affairs

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012

Report for the Minister for Home Affairs

Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012

 

On 19 December 2012 the Minister made Ministerial Decision (MD-HA-2012-0086) to increase the level of fee payable for the issue of a fire certificate under the Fire Precautions (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2010. 

The increase in the level of fee ranges from 2% to 2.9% in order to enable the fees to be ‘rounded’ either up or down to the nearest 1p where the fees are payable per square metre and to the nearest pound in other cases.  This assists in the administration of the charges.  As some of the increases exceed 2.5%, the approval of the Treasurer, under delegated authority from the Minister for Treasury and Resources, was obtained.

The new Order will come into force on 1 January 2013.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister makes the Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2012 and requests the Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the making of the Order to be notified to the States.

 

 

Executive Officer, Home Affairs

20 December 2012

 

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