Meetings of the States in 2016.

STATES OF JERSEY

MEETINGS OF THE STATES IN 2016

Presented to the States on 11th June 2015 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee

STATES GREFFE

2015   Price code: A  R.71

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REPORT

The Privileges and Procedures Committee is required to fix dates for States meetings for the following year no later than the end of September each year but for the convenience of members and others who need to fix meetings PPC has fixed dates much earlier than September in recent years and is pleased to do so again this year. Standing Orders 3 and 4 read as follows –

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1. There shall be 2 sessions of the States in each year during which they shall meet.
2. The 1st session shall start on the 3rd Tuesday in January and end no later than the last Tuesday in July.
3. The 2nd session shall start on the 2nd Tuesday in September and end no later than the 3rd Tuesday in December.

4  Planning days for meetings of the States

1. The PPC shall, no later than the end of September in each year, present to the States a list of days for meetings of the States in the 1st and 2nd sessions in the following year.
2. Ordinarily, a meeting day is a Tuesday.
3. The list may include continuation days."

The dates agreed by the Committee for 2016 are shown in the Appendix.

Following a decision taken by the then PPC a number of years ago the dates in recent years have been drafted as far as possible to avoid meetings during any school holiday periods. The 2016 meeting dates attached all avoid school holiday periods.

In accordance with the requirements of Standing Orders the first meeting of 2016 is on the third Tuesday of January, namely 19th January 2016. The normal fortnightly cycle is interrupted by a 3 week break between 2nd and 23rd February to avoid the school half-term during the week of Monday 15th February but the fortnightly cycle then continues until the Easter recess which covers the Easter school holidays. Starting after the end of the school holidays on Tuesday 12th April the fortnightly cycle can then be followed through until the last meeting before the summer recess with the exception of a 3 week break at the end of May to avoid the Spring Bank Holiday school half-term during the last week of May.

The Autumn session begins on 13th September, the second Tuesday of September as required by Standing Orders. The provisional date of the Air Display is 8th September so,  unlike  previous  years,  this  would  not  interfere  with  the  States  dates.  The fortnightly  cycle  can  then  be  followed  until  the  last  meeting  of  2016  with  the exception of a 3 week break between 11th October and 1st November to avoid the school half-term during the last week of October.

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APPENDIX

2016 SESSIONS

In accordance with Standing Order 38 I hereby give notice that the Privileges and Procedures Committee has fixed the following days for the holding of meetings of the States in 2016.

First Session

Continuation (if necessary) January 19th  January 20th and 21st February 2nd  February 3rd and 4th February 23rd  February 24th and 25th March 8th  March 9th and 10th

March 22nd  March 23rd and 24th

April 12th  April 13th and 14th

April 26th  April 27th and 28th

May 10th  May 11th and 12th

May 24th  May 25th and 26th

June 14th  June 15th and 16th

June 28th  June 29th and 30th

July 12th  July 13th and 14th

Second Session

Continuation (if necessary) September 13th  September 14th and 15th September 27th  September 28th and 29th October 11th  October 12th and 13th November 1st  November 2nd and 3rd November 15th  November 16th and 17th November 29th  November 30th and December 1st December 13th  December 14th and 15th

The first meeting of 2017 will be on 17th January 2017. Greffier of the States

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