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Social Security: Assistant Minister: Dismissal

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A decision made 28 May 2019:

Ministerial decision reference   MD-S-2019-0043

Decision summary title: Decision to Dismiss the Assistant Minister for Social Security

Decision summary author

 

Private Secretary to the Minister for Social Security

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title  N/A

Report author or name of

person giving report

N/A

Is the report public or exempt?

N/A

Decision and reason for the decision: In accordance with Article 25 (1) of the States of Jersey Law 2005, the Chief Minister having provided consent, the Minister for Social Security decided to dismiss Deputy Southern from his post as Assistant Minister for Social Security following his lodging of a vote of no confidence in the States Employment Board.

 

Resource implications

None as a consequence of this Ministerial Decision.

Action required

 The Private Secretary to the Minister for Social Security to notify the Greffier of the States of this decision

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Position

 

Minister for Social Security

 

 

Date signed

 

 

Effective date of the decision

 

 

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