Jersey Aircraft Registry: Law drafting instructions

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A decision made 21 November 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2013-0139
Decision Summary Title :	Jersey Aircraft Registry – consequential legislation changes		Date of Decision Summary:	21st November 2013
Decision Summary Author:	External Relations		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 :	Summary of Drafting Instructions		Date of Written Report:	13th November 2013
Written Report Author:	Strategic Policy Manager, Economic Development Dept.		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Law Drafting Instruction for the creation of the Jersey Aircraft Registry – consequential and associated changes.
Decision(s): The Minister for External Relations approved instructions to the Law Draftsman to commence law drafting for legislation consequential to the development of an aircraft registry for Jersey and to update provisions in respect of European Union aviation standards.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister for Economic Development has made a policy decision to establish a Jersey Aircraft Registry. This Ministerial Decision is to formally request the Law Draftsman to prepare the necessary consequential legislation, which falls within the responsibility of the Minister for External Relations, in connection with establishment of the Registry. A separate Ministerial Decision has been prepared for the Minister for Economic Development, supported by the above same written report giving formal instructions to the Law Draftsman for primary legislation to enable the establishment of the Jersey Aircraft Registry.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications in the law drafting of the requisite legislation.
Action required: Chief Minister’s Department to forward the law drafting instructions to the Law Draftsman and to return the signed Ministerial Decision to the States Greffe.
Signature:		Position: Minister for External Relations
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):