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STATES OF JERSEY
STATES MEMBERS' REMUNERATION REVIEW BODY: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2013
Presented to the States on 30th October 2012 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee
STATES GREFFE
2012 Price code: B R.132
FOREWARD
The Privileges and Procedures Committee is pleased to present to the States the recommendations of the States Members' Remuneration Review Body (SMRRB) for 2013. The terms of reference of the SMRRB require it to present its recommendations to PPC and the Committee is then obliged to present the recommendations to the States.
In accordance with the revised Terms of Reference agreed by the States in June 2012, the recommendations of the Review Body in this report will be implemented by default after one month of the date of presentation to the States unless they are challenged by the lodging of a proposition by any member and a subsequent debate.
PPC would like to express its sincere gratitude to the members of the SMRRB for the work that they continue to do on an honorary basis on their task and for the very comprehensive way in which they have approached it again this year.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
- The Review Body will make recommendations to the States, through the Privileges and Procedures Committee, on any matters relating to the remuneration and expenses of elected members as it considers appropriate.
- The Review Body shall take any steps it considers necessary to gauge public opinion on the matters within its purview. Equally, the Review Body shall seek the opinions of members of the States from time to time as it considers appropriate.
- In forming its recommendations the Review Body will take account of any matters that it considers to be relevant and will have particular regard to, but not be bound by, the following matters –
- the principles that the level of remuneration available to elected members should be sufficient to ensure that no person is precluded from serving as a member of the States by reason of insufficient income and that all elected members should be able to enjoy a reasonable standard of living, so that the broadest spectrum of persons are able to serve as members of the Assembly;
- the economic and fiscal situation prevailing in Jersey, any budgetary restraints on the States of Jersey and the States' inflation target, if any, for the period under review.
Membership
- The Review Body shall consist of 5 members, none of whom shall be a member of the States.
- The members shall be appointed for a period of 5 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for one additional 5 year term.
- The members shall be appointed by the Privileges and Procedures Committee following requisite consultation with the Jersey Appointments Commission. Before making any appointments the Committee shall nevertheless be required to present a report to the States setting out the names of the proposed appointees and the appointments shall not be confirmed by the Committee until at least 15 days after the presentation of this report.
- The Review Body shall appoint one of its members as Chairman.
- The quorum of the Review Body is 3.
Recommendations
- The Review Body shall report its recommendations to the Privileges and Procedures Committee which shall present them to the States forthwith.
- The Review Body's recommendations on the actual level of remuneration and expenses payable to elected members shall be implemented automatically unless a proposition seeking a debate on the recommendations is lodged au Greffe' within one month of the date of presentation.
- The Review Body may make recommendations on other matters within its terms of reference to the Privileges and Procedures Committee but any such recommendations shall not be implemented until they have been agreed by the States.
Membership of the SMRRB Mr. Julian Rogers (Chairman)
Mr. Brian Bullock Mr. Maurice Dubras Mr. John Mills, C.B.E.