The seaside café site at Grève De Lecq - acquisition by the public and transfer to the National Trust for Jersey (P.5/2024): amendment (P.5/2024 Amd.) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision

The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in

accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision'

 What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address?

 Do children experience this problem differently from adults?

The Seaside Café site at Greve De Lecq – Acquisition by the Public and Sale to the National Trust for Jersey. The decision is aimed at purchasing the Seaside Café site in order gift the site to the National Trust for Jersey with the provision that the land be used for environmental, cultural and social benefit to the public. The amendment will add a provision to ensure that if the National Trust for Jersey ever divests itself of the land then it will revert to Public ownership.

• Retaining a level of control over the future ownership and use of the land should the National Trust for Jersey ever choose to divest itself of ownership.

• No, children will experience the problem in the same way as adults.

2)  Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected?

Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education;

young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children;

children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds;

migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children

All children and young people on the Island are potentially affected by this decision, though access to free outdoor spaces has been shown to have more impact on children living in poverty.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their

rights?

 Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect

impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC

 Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision?

• Right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet the child's physical and social needs and support their development (Art 27)

• Right to health and health services (Art 24)

• Leisure, play and culture (Art 31)

• Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in cultural and artistic activities.

4)  Is a full Child Rights Impact Assessment required?

If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should

be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but

please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion

As a full CRIA was produced in relation to the original proposition and no new impacts have been identified from this amendment a full CRIA is not required in this instance.