Charity Tribunal: Appointment of Vice Chair

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A decision made on 26 October 2018

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2018-0160
Decision summary title: Appointment of vice chair of Charity Tribunal
Decision summary author	Assistant Director, Social Policy	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title -
Report author or name of person giving report	-	Is the report public or exempt?		-
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister, having noted (i) the previous Ministerial Decision (MD-C-2018-0025) appointing the Chair and the members of the Charity Tribunal; (ii) the Report attached to that Ministerial Decision which set out the qualifications of the individual members; and (iii) the recommendation of the Chair of the Charity Tribunal, designated Anna Przybyszewska as Vice Chair of the Charity Tribunal in pursuance of Article 32 and Schedule 2 of the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014.
Resource implications Service as a tribunal member and Vice Chair is honorary. Administrative costs associated with the Charity Tribunal are met under previously agreed budgetary arrangements.
Action required The relevant officer to confirm the formalisation of her appointment to Ms Przybyszewska and to the Chair of the Charity Tribunal.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Senator John Alexander Nicholas Le Fondré Chief Minister
DATE SIGNED			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION