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STATES OF JERSEY

STATES OF JERSEY LAW 2005: DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS – MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS – MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS

Presented to the States on 12th October 2023 by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

STATES GREFFE

2023  R.152

REPORT

On 12th October 2023, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs made a Ministerial Decision delegating certain of her functions under Articles 28, 30 and 30A of the States of  Jersey  Law  2005 (see  Decision  reference  MD-HA-2023-668,  available  at www.gov.je).

The terms of the delegations, and the legislation under which those delegations were made, were recorded in a Report attached to the Ministerial Decision, as shown below –

Fire and Rescue Service

 

Delegate:

Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Area Commander (Fire Safety), Area Commander (Operations), Station Commander (Protection) or the Station Commander (Prevention)

Functions delegated:

Explosives (Jersey) Law 1970

Scope of delegation:

Issuing of licences under this legislation.

 

Delegate:

Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Area Commander (Fire Safety), Area Commander (Operations), Station Commander (Protection) or the Station Commander (Prevention)

Functions delegated:

Explosives (Jersey) Law 1970

Scope of delegation:

Issuing of Pyrotechnics (fireworks) import licences under this legislation.

 

Delegate:

Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Area Commander (Fire Safety), Area Commander (Operations), Station Commander (Protection) or the Station Commander (Prevention)

Functions delegated:

Fire precautions (Jersey) Law 1977

Scope of delegation:

  1. Authorizing inspectors under Article 1 of the law
  2. Requiring, specifying and informing under Article 3 of the law
  3. Issuing of fire certificates under the Law.
  4. Carrying out Ministerial functions under Article 6 of the law
  5. Power to prohibit or restrict the use of premises in cases of excessive risk, under Article 9 of the Law.
  6. Serving of notices on responsible persons in accordance with Article 8(6).

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Delegate:

Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Area Commander (Fire Safety), Area Commander (Operations), Station Commander (Protection) or the Station Commander (Prevention)

Functions delegated:

Petroleum (Jersey) Law 1984

Scope of delegation:

Issuing of Petroleum licences under this legislation.

 

Delegate:

Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Area Commander (Operations), Area Commander (Fire Safety), Station Commander (Operational Policy) or the Station Commander (Training)

Functions delegated:

Fire and Rescue Services (Jersey) Law 2011

Scope of delegation:

Power to enter into a reinforcement scheme with another fire authority, under Article 14 of the Law, whereby there will, on request, be placed at the Minister's disposal members of that authority's fire brigade, for the purpose of enabling the Fire Service to meet any special demands on its resources.

Jersey Customs and Immigration Service  

 

Delegate:

Agent of the Impôts/Senior Manager Immigration and Nationality

Functions delegated:

Immigration (Work Permits) (Jersey) Rules 1995

Scope of delegation:

Consideration of applications for work permits under the Immigration (Work Permits) (Jersey) Rules 1995, and their approval or rejection.

 

Delegate:

Agent of the Impôts or in absence Deputy Agent

Functions delegated:

Customs and Excise (Import and Export Control) (Jersey) order 2006

Scope of delegation:

Power to grant a licence to import and/or export goods under Article 4 of the Customs and Excise (Import and Export Control) (Jersey) Order 2006.

 

Delegate:

Agent of the Impots or in absence Deputy Agent

Functions delegated:

Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999

Scope of delegation:

Delegations of functions (Part 2 Article 4) in relation to assigned matters under this Law.

R.152/2023

 

Delegate:

Agent of the Impôts/Senior Manager Immigration and Nationality

Functions delegated:

Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993

Scope of delegation:

The consideration of applications for leave to remain, and the variation of any leave regarding duration, in relation to the Immigration Act 1971, as extended to Jersey by the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993, as amended by the Immigration (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 2017.

Superintendent Registrar

 

Delegate:

Chief Officer, Justice and Home Affairs, in the case of –

Parish registers

Adoption registers

Stillbirth registers

Gender recognition registers

Superintendent Registrar in the case of registers kept by the Parish Registrars

Functions delegated:

Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001

Scope of delegation:

Inspection of registers kept by the registrars every 5 years in accordance with Article 75 of the Law.