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A decision made (01/12/2006) regarding Police Complaints Authority – re-appointment of Chairman and three members, and appointment of a new member.

Subject:	Police Complaints Authority – re-appointment of Chairman and three members, and appointment of a new member.
Decision Reference:	MD-HA-2006-0080	Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report (oral or written):	Oral	Person Giving Report (if oral):		Karen Slack Executive Officer
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?		Report File ref:		HAD/POL 6
Written Report – Title:		Written report – Author:
Decision(s): To agree the re-appointment of the Chairman and three members of the Police Complaints Authority for a period of three years, and the appointment of a new member of the Authority for the same period.
Reason(s) for decision: The period of office of the Chairman and four members of the Authority is due to expire on the 31st December 2006. The Chairman and four members have expressed the wish to remain in office for a further period of three years. The Deputy Chairman of the Authority has decided to retire at the end of his period of office on the 31st December 2006, and another member, whose term of office is due to expire on the 31st December 2008, has decided to retire. Following the advertisement of the vacancies in the Jersey Evening Post and a successful interview, a new member has been offered the post, subject to approval by the States.
Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to request the Greffier of the States to place the attached Proposition before the States for debate on the 16th January 2007.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 1 December 2006

Police Complaints Authority - Re-appointment of Chairman / Members.

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –

in accordance with Article 2 of and the Schedule to the Police (Complaints and Discipline) (Jersey) Law 1999 –

(a) to reappoint Mr Leslie May FCCA. as Chairman of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority for a further period of three years.

(b) to reappoint the following as members of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority for a further period of three years -

Mr Anthony Beaumont

Mr Andrew Cornish

Mrs Toni Roberts

Mr Stephen Luce

MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS

REPORT

In December 2003, the then Home Affairs Committee, took a proposition to the States to reappoint a chairman and three members of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority, for a period of three years with effect from 1st January 2004, and to appoint a new member for the same period. (P183/2003)

The tenure of office of the chairman and these four members will therefore come to an end on the 31st December 2006. Two other members of the authority are part way through their term of office, which will not expire until the 31st December 2007.

The Chairman and three members have expressed the wish to remain in office for a further three years with effect from the 1st January 2007. The Deputy Chairman of the Authority has decided to retire at the end of his period of office on the 31st December 2006; and another member, whose term of office is due to expire on the 31st December 2008 has decided to resign at the end of 2006.

The position was therefore advertised in the Gazette section of the Jersey Evening Post, and following an interview by a panel comprising the Chairman of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority, the Senior Human Resources Manager for Home Affairs, and a representative of the Jersey Appointments Commission, the position was offered to Mr Stephen Luce.

The Minister recommends that the following be reappointed to serve on the Jersey Police Complaints Authority for a further period of three years –

Mr Leslie May FCCA, Chairman, came to Jersey in 1973 as a senior civil servant and held the following posts: Financial Controller - States Telecommunications Board; Fuel Controller - Defence Committee; Director - States Telecommunications Board; Treasurer of the States - Finance and Economics Committee. He retired in 1991. Prior to coming to Jersey, Mr May’s career was in the private sector in the United Kingdom where he held senior management positions in the Imperial Group, Fisons Ltd and J.Lyons & Co.

Mr May has served on the Parish Rate Appeal Board since 2000 and was appointed Chairman in 2006. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is also a member of the Jersey Rotary Club and over the years has been Chairman of numerous Rotary committees.

Mr Anthony Beaumont was a civil servant employed as a senior engineer with the Public Services Committee from 1974 until 1998. After completing a five-year mechanical engineering apprenticeship, he served with Her Majesty’s Forces in the REME. Following his military service, he worked for various major civil engineering contractors in the United Kingdom prior to coming to Jersey, subsequently taking an appointment with the Public Services Department.

Mr Andrew Cornish MBCO, BSc (Hons) was educated in Bedfordshire and at City University, London where he obtained his Bachelor Science degree in 1987. He is a practising optometrist and the Director of Opticians in St. Helier. He is a past member of the Jersey Round Table and has been involved in community projects and fund raising for eighteen years. He also serves on the Youth Court Panel.

Mrs Toni Roberts MBA, ACIS, TEP is the Fiduciary Services Business Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa for J.P. Morgan Trust Company (Jersey) Limited and is responsible for fiduciary structures managed in Jersey and Geneva. Mrs Roberts gained an MBA at Leicester University is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administration and a Trust and Estate Practitioner. Mrs Roberts is an Overseas Aid Commissioner, a Rotarian and a former Chairman of the Jersey Branch of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Her outside interests include golf and snow skiing.

The Minister recommends that the following person be appointed to serve on the Jersey Police Complaints Authority for a period of three years –

Mr Stephen Luce was born in Jersey and educated at Victoria College and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He is managing director of two companies involving a mixed farm unit and shell fish. From 1996-2003 he served on the Youth Panel and has been a council member of both the Jersey Farmers Union and the R.J.A. and H.S. during the 1990s. He is currently a Roads’ Inspector for the Parish of St Martin and has been a crew member of St Catherine’s lifeboat since 1989. His outside interests include music, golf, boating and fishing.

There are no additional financial or manpower implications arising from this proposition.