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Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

Draft Director Disqualification Sanctions (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.25/2026) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

Published on: 5 February 2026

Presented by: Minister for External Relations

Debate date: To be debated

Reference: P.25/2026 Add.

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STATES OF JERSEY

DRAFT DIRECTOR DISQUALIFICATION SANCTIONS (JERSEY) AMENDMENT LAW 202- (P.25/2026) – CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Presented to the States on 5th February 2026 by the Minister for External Relations

STATES GREFFE

2026  P.25 Add.

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT (CRIA)

PART 1: SCREENING

Name and title of Duty Bearer: Deputy Ian Gorst Type of Duty Bearer:

(Minister, Elected Member or States  Minister Assembly Body)

Assessment completed by (if not

Private Secretary completed by duty bearer):

Date: 04/02/2026

 

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision Decision' means:

an Assembly proposition

an amendment (or further amendment) to a proposition

for Ministerial duty-bearers, policy under development

The Draft Director Disqualifications Sanctions (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- if adopted, will amend the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "1991 Law") and the Limited Liability Companies (Jersey) Law 2018 (the "2018 Law"). The amendments provide that a person may not be appointed as a director of a company or as a manager of a limited liability company if the person is subject to director disqualification sanctions. This restriction does not apply if the person is acting in accordance with a licence issued under Article 5B of the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021. This amending Law also updates the definition "director disqualification.

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

The Draft Director Disqualifications Sanctions (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- are not likely to impact any specific group of children.

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

Impacts may be positive or negative, direct or indirect

Include whether different groups of children will be affected differently by the decision

The Draft Director Disqualifications Sanctions (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- are likely to neither positively or negatively impact children.

4)  Is a full Children's 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

It is not considered that a full CRIA is required.

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