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Appointment of Non-Executive Director of JCRA

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A decision made on 07 September 2018

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2018-0137

Decision summary title  Appointment of a Non-Executive Director of the JCRA

Decision summary author

Director Strategic Development

Is the decision summary public or exempt?  

Public

Report title  Appointment of Non-Executive Director of the JCRA

Report author or name of

person giving report

Director Strategic Development

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Assistant Chief Minister appointed Mr John Curran to the Board of the JCRA under powers conferred by Article 3(1)(b) of the Competition Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001 (the “Law”). The period of appointment is from 1 September 2018 for a period of three years, to expire on 31 August 2021. The Assistant Chief Minister directed that the States be notified of the appointment in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Law.

Under the Law, the Minister must appoint members of the JCRA Board after having first discussed such appointments with the Chairman of the Authority.

Resource implications

Fees payable to Non-Executive Directors of the Authority are sourced from the Annual Grant (£300,000 in 2018) made to the JCRA to administer the Competition Law as well as from the JCRA’s own accounts. There are no other financial or manpower implications for the States.

Action required

The attached report is to be presented to the States as an ‘R’ to inform members of Mr Curran’s appointment in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Law.

Signature

 

 

 

Senator J Le Fondré

Position

 

 

 

Chief Minister

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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