States Minutes 29th June 1982

THE STATES assembled on Tuesday, 29th  June,  1982  at  10.15 a.m.  under the Presidency of the Bailiff , Sir Frank Ereaut.

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All members were present with the exception of –

Senator Ralph Vibert –ill.

Senator Bernard Thomas Binnington – out of the Island. Senator Anne Baal – out of the Island.

Alfred Durell Le Brocq, Deputy of St. John – out of the Island.

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Prayers. _____

Agricultural Statistics 1981.

The Agriculture and Fisheries Committee by Act dated 5th May, 1982 presented to the States the Agricultural Statistics for 1981.

THE STATES ordered that the said Statistics be printed and distributed.

Draft  Road  Traffic  (No. 24)  (Jersey)  Regulations,  198 . (P.43/82).

THE STATES acceded to the request of the President of the Public  Works  Committee  that  the  draft  Road  Traffic  (No. 24) (Jersey) Regulations, 198 (P.43/82 – lodged 6th April, 1982) be considered on 27th July, 1982.

Redevelopment  of  buildings  damaged  or  destroyed  by  fire. Questions and answers.

Deputy  Richard  Francis  O'Connor  of   St. Clement  asked Deputy  Norman  Stuart  Le Brocq  of   St. Helier ,  President  of  the Island Development Committee, the following questions –

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"1. Will the President inform the House of the Island

Development Committee's general policy in respect of the redevelopment of buildings damaged or destroyed by fire?

2. Is the policy dependent on the length of time which has elapsed since the fire?
3. If the answer to question 2 is yes, will the President inform the House what length of time would affect the general policy and the provisions of the Law which allow the Committee to take such matters into consideration?"

The President of the Island Development Committee replied as follows –

"1. The policy of the Island Development Committee

regarding the redevelopment of buildings damaged or destroyed by fire is based largely on Building Bye-Law 2, which calls for an application for redevelopment to be made in those cases where the building has been burnt down to within ten feet of the ground. In such cases the normal powers of the Committee to consent or refuse apply.

In practice, the policy adopted within this legal position is to help anyone unfortunate enough to sustain fire damage by all possible means.

2.  No. It is the state of the building which is the determining factor, and not the timescale.

However, I believe that Deputy O'Connor's questions relate to the property known as Millbrook Vale Chalet, Waterworks Valley, which was damaged by fire in 1968 and largely destroyed by fire in 1975, and the redevelopment of which was recently refused by my Committee.

This refusal was not based on the burning of the building but on its abandonment as a dwelling, particularly as it lies in the Green Zone. It is well established in planning practice that a building that has been abandoned does not carry a right to redevelopment but is merely one factor in the determining of any application for redevelopment of that site."

Supplementary and Additional Votes of Credit.

THE STATES considered Acts of the Finance and Economics Committee  dated  16th  June,  1982,  presenting  Acts  of  the undermentioned  Committees  and,  acceding  to  the  requests contained  therein,  granted  to  the  said  Committees supplementary(S)  and  additional(A)  votes  of  credit  out  of  the General Reserve as follows –

S  A

£ £

Finance and Economics Committee

Crown Officers

031 Establishment  1,400 5

Probation

35. Staff  7,000 1

Impôts

36. Supplies and Services  1,000 3

Income Tax

37. Premises  30,700 2

Miscellaneous

062 Acquisition of shares in the 1  Jersey New Waterworks

Co. Ltd.  1,167,000

062 Consultancy and professional 2  fees for acquisition of shares

in the Jersey New Waterworks

Co. Ltd.  40,000 (Granted out of Contingency

Vote by Act of Finance and

Economics Committee dated

19.5.82)

carried forward  40,100  1,207,000

S  A

£ £

Finance and Economics Committee cont'd.

brought forward  40,100  1,207,000 0624  South Atlantic Fund

Contribution  10,000 (Granted out of Contingency

Vote by Act of Finance and

Economics Committee dated

1.6.82)

0625  Falkland Islands – Financial

Contribution   5,000,000 Total Request £6,257,100  40,100  6,217,000

Defence Committee

Miscellaneous

1017  Bomb disposal  750 Immigration and Nationality

1104  Transport  200

Police

1103  Supplies and Services   8,000 Total Request   8,950

Public Works Committee

Public Buildings

2082  Premises  12,000 Total Request  12,000

Education Committee

Other Services Facilities and Expenses

3010A  Grant to Parish of St. John  50,000 3030B  Advisory Training Council  20,000  

Total Request £70,000  20,000   50,000

S  A

£ £

Public Health Committee

Grants

3252  Jersey District Nursing

Association  10,000

3257  Wessex Body Scanner

Appeal

(Granted out of Contingency

Vote of Credit by Act of

Finance and Economic

Committee dated 16.6.82)   100,000 Total Request £111,000  10,000  100,000

Island Development Committee

5219  Gas Works – Feasibility

Study   50,000 Total Request   50,000

Housing Committee

5426  Abnormal Site Works –

Bashfords Development  140,000 Total Request  140,000

Industrial Relations Committee

6301  Staff  4,900 6302  Premises   1,500 Total Request   6,400

The total requests granted for the June Supply Day amounted to £6,654,450.

Industrial Relations Committee – establishment vote. Deferred Supply.

THE STATES deferred consideration of the request of the Industrial Relations Committee for a supplementary vote of credit in the sum of £4,200 for Establishment (6305).

The Proposition relative thereto was lodged "au Greffe" by Senator Richard Joseph Shenton. The States decided to take this subject into consideration on 27th July, 1982.

Advisory Training Council: continuation of assisted training scheme.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, agreed to continue the Assisted Training Scheme to enable local employers to create a further additional 15 apprenticeships or other traineeships leading to a recognised craft or trade qualification to be allocated in 1982.

Costs of higher education in the United Kingdom: proposed increase in contribution.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, approved the agreement reached with the Home Office and the Department of Education and Science in respect of the requirement for Jersey to make an increased contribution towards the costs of its students receiving Higher Education in the United Kingdom.

Costs of higher education in the United Kingdom: redesignation of vote.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, redesignated the Education Committee Vote No. 2857 – "Annual Payment to the Department of Education and Science for Teacher Training", as "Annual Payment to Department of Education and Science for Teacher Training and Students in Higher Education in the United Kingdom".

Juvenile Unemployment.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee –

1. approved the extension of the existing Job Opportunity and Community Service Schemes from 1st October, 1982, until 30th April, 1983;

2. approved the establishment of new Job Opportunity and Community Service Schemes to run from 1st October, 1982 until 30th April, 1983;
3. approved the establishment of a Youth Employment Scheme to run for a maximum period of 26 weeks between November, 1982 and April, 1983;
4. approved the establishment of a Preparation for Employment Course.

Highlands College Development: 1983-88.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, approved in principle the development programme for Highlands College for the period 1983 to 1988.

Public Service Vehicles (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations, 1982.

THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 49A of the Motor Traffic (Jersey) Law, 1935, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Public Service Vehicle (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations, 1982.

Police and Fire Headquarters: new heating system.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Defence Committee, approved in principle the provision of a new heating system for Police Headquarters, the Police Annexe and Fire Service Headquarters.

Suspension of Standing Order No. 18.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Harbours and Airport Committee, suspended Standing Order No. 18 in order to allow the Proposition of that Committee regarding the purchase from the Crown of the freehold of the foreshore at La Collette Land Reclamation area to be considered at today's Sitting.

La Collette Land Reclamation Scheme – purchase of foreshore from the Crown.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Harbours and Airport Committee –

1. referred to their Act dated 27th April, 1982 approving a request for a Supplementary Vote of Credit in the sum of £130,000 for the purchase from the Crown of the freehold of the foreshore at the La Collette Land Reclamation area;
2. approved the purchase from the Crown of the freehold of the foreshore at the La Collette Land Reclamation area, measuring 122 vergées 7 perch and 2 vergées 8 perch, as shown Red on Drawing No. MS.102, for a consideration of £130,000;
3. authorised the Attorney General and the Greffier of the States to pass the necessary contract in the matter;
4. authorised the Treasurer of the States to pay the requisite sum out of the Vote of Credit granted to the Committee under the heading "La Collette Reclamation Scheme" (C.1400).

THE STATES rose at 1.10 p.m.

R.S. GRAY, Deputy Greffier of the States.