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THE STATES assembled on Tuesday, 26th April, 1983 at 10.15 a.m. under the Presidency of the Deputy Bailiff , Peter Leslie Crill, Esquire, C.B.E.
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All members were present with the exception of –
Senator John Le Marquand – ill.
Senator John Clark Averty – out of the Island.
Fred Philip Webber Clarke, Connétable of St. Helier – out of the Island.
Francis Hedley Morel , Deputy of St. Saviour – ill. Alfred Durell Le Brocq, Deputy of St. John – ill.
Sir Martin Le Quesne, Deputy of St. Saviour – out of the Island.
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Prayers. _____
Tribute to the late Deputy R.F. O'Connor of St. Clement .
The Deputy Bailiff paid tribute to the late Deputy Richard Francis O'Connor of St. Clement and the States observed one minute's silence as a mark of respect.
Subordinate legislation tabled.
The following enactments were laid before the States, namely –
- Insurance Business (Banking Business) (Exemption) (Jersey) Order, 1983. R & O 7174.
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- Insurance Business (Benefits in Kind) (Jersey) Order, 1983. R & O 7175.
- Insurance Business (Prescribed Number of Companies) (Jersey) Order, 1983. R & O 7176.
- Insurance Business (Application Fee) (Jersey) Order, 1983. R & O 7177.
- Port Control Unit (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order, 1983. R & O 7178.
Etat Civil Committee – appointment of members.
THE STATES, on the Proposition of Senator Anne Baal, President of the Etat Civil Committee, appointed the following as members –
Senator Bernard Thomas Binnington
Connétable John Philip Pirouet of St. Ouen Connétable Leonard James Norman of St. Saviour Connétable John Pepin Le Sueur of St. John Connétable Fred Philip Webber Clark of St. Helier Deputy Jean Amy Le Maistre of St. Helier .
Telecommunications Board Report for 1982.
The Telecommunications Board by Act dated 25th March, 1983, presented to the States its Report for the year ended 31st December, 1982.
THE STATES ordered that the said Report be printed and distributed.
Annual Accounts of the States 1982.
The Finance and Economics Committee by Act dated 6th April, 1983, and in pursuance of Article 21(3) of the Public Finances (Administration) (Jersey) Law, 1967, as amended, presented to the States the Annual Accounts of the States for the financial year ended 31st December, 1982.
THE STATES ordered that the Accounts be printed and distributed.
Agricultural Statistics for 1982.
The Agriculture and Fisheries Committee by Act dated 23rd March, 1983 presented to the States the Agricultural Statistics for 1982.
THE STATES ordered that the said Statistics be printed and distributed.
Matters noted – land transactions.
THE STATES noted an Act of the Finance and Economics Committee dated 20th April, 1983, showing that, in pursuance of Standing Orders relating to certain transactions in land, the Committee had approved –
- as recommended by the Housing Committee, the sale of approximately 400 square feet of land at Quennevais Park, shown outlined in Red on Plan No. LO.1/B/30, to Mr. Brian Keith Coxon and Mrs. Jean Christian Coxon, née Poingdestre, which land was adjacent to their property 1, Quennevais Park, St. Brelade , for a consideration of £600 (representing £1.50 a square foot) subject to the Island Development Committee's approving the construction of a six foot high blockwork wall thereon;
- as recommended by the Public Works Committee, the cession, free of charge, by Tudor Marketing Company Limited of an area of land adjacent to La Rue Horman, Grouville , measuring 1.5 metres in width and 43 metres in length, subject to the Committee's paying the legal costs involved in the preparation of a contract and being responsible for certain accommodation works at an approximate cost of £6,450;
- as recommended by the Harbours and Airport Committee, the passing of a contrat de transaction with Mr. Denys Philip Richardson to permit him to construct a toilet adjoining the Committee's property at the Maitresse Ile les Minquiers, subject to Mr. Richardson's paying the Committee's legal costs;
- as recommended by the Housing Committee, being party to a deed with Mr. Brian Jack Youd and Mrs. Judith Ruth Youd, née Emerson, to agree a boundary between their property, Marino, Clos de la Mare, St. Clement , and Le Marais Flats, St. Clement administered by the Committee;
- as recommended by the Tourism Committee, the assignment from Mr. John Alexander Black and Mr. John Francis Lane, jointly, to Mr. John Alexander Black of the unexpired portion of the lease of West Park Café, St. Helier , as approved by the States on 7th October, 1981, namely for the period from the date of the signing of the assignment until 24th December, 1984, at an annual rent of £5,500.
Matters lodged.
The following subjects were lodged "au Greffe" –
- Jersey College for Girls: new science facilities. P.62/83.
Presented by the Education Committee. The States decided to take this subject into consideration on 24th May, 1983.
- Extension of main drainage to certain properties in St. Peter – Petition. P.63/83.
Presented by Deputy Michael Walter Bonn of St. Peter and referred to the Resources Recovery Board.
St. Helier Traffic Plan. P.175/82.
THE STATES acceded to the request of the President of the Public Works Committee that the Proposition regarding the St. Helier Traffic Plan (lodged on 21st December, 1982) be taken into consideration on 7th June, 1983.
New Airport Fire Station. P.55/83.
THE STATES acceded to the request of the President of the Harbours and Airport Committee that the Proposition regarding the new Airport Fire Station (lodged on 12th April, 1983) be taken into consideration on 24th May, 1983.
Removal of Connétable s from the States and increase in number of Senators. P.48/83.
THE STATES acceded to the request of Senator Richard Joseph Shenton that the Proposition regarding the removal of Connétable s from the States and increase in number of Senators (lodged on 29th March, 1983) be taken into consideration on 24th May, 1983.
Extension of main drainage to certain properties in St. Peter – Petition.
Deputy Michael Walter Bonn of St. Peter presented to the States, on behalf of certain inhabitants of St. Peter , a Petition regarding the extension of main drainage to properties on or adjoining Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II, Rue des Vignes, Rue des Landes and Old Beaumont Hill, St. Peter .
THE STATES referred the said Petition to the Resources Recovery Board and lodged the relevant Proposition "au Greffe".
Supplementary and Additional Votes of Credit.
THE STATES considered an Act of the Finance and Economics Committee dated 20th April, 1983, 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 –
(C) denotes capital votes of credit
S A
£ £
Finance and Economics Committee
Bailiff 's Chambers
0301 Staff 15,400 0305 Establishment 2,500
Crown Officers' Department
0311 Staff 18,200 0311A Staff 10,700
Judicial Greffe
0321 Staff 14,000 Viscount's Department
0331 Staff 21,500 Police Court
0341 Staff 5,100
Probation Service
0351 Staff 12,600 0353 Supplies and Services 2,000
Impôts Department
0361 Staff 52,000
Income Tax Department
0371 Staff 55,100 0372 Premises 1,200
Official Analyst's Department
0381 Staff 10,500 States Greffe
0391 Staff 45,800
States Greffe Printing Section
0401 Staff 9,600 carried forward 276,200
£ £
Finance and Economics Committee cont'd.
brought forward 276,200
Treasury Department
0411 Staff 57,600 0412 Premises 1,000
Economic Adviser's Department
0421 Staff 10,700 Commercial Relations Department
0431 Staff 10,000
Miscellaneous
0701 Establishment of
H.E. The Lieutenant
Governor – Staff 11,900 Total Request 367,400
Defence Committee
Police Force
1207 Miscellaneous Fire Service
1301 Staff
Total Request £78,100
Public Works Committee
3,100 75,000
75,000 3,100
Department of Public
Building and Works
2009 Trial Bus Scheme 10,000 2013 Rock Face at Snow
Hill 16,000 C0342 Construction of
States Offices in
the Parade 125,000
Total Request £151,000 125,000 26,000
£ £
Education Committee
Other services,
facilities and expenses
3040 Grants to
private schools 17,700 Administration
3153 Premises 8,500
C0508 Highlands College –
Lift Access and
W.C.s for Disabled 6,500 C0593 St. Helier Girls
School/Grainville
Phase 1 155,000 Total Request 187,700
Public Health Committee
Administration
3201 Staff 10,700 School Dental Service
3221 Staff 6,500 Crematorium
3231 Staff 900
Grants
3252 Jersey District
Nursing Association 29,000
3258 Spinal Injuries
Centre, Stoke
Mandeville Hospital 25,000
Health and Social Services
3261 Environmental Health
Services 9,700 carried forward 56,800 25,000
£ £
Public Health Committee cont'd.
brought forward 56,800 25,000 3264 Cervical Cytology and
Family Planning 2,100
3265 Welfare of the Aged
and Infirm 2,000
3266 School Medical Service
and Speech Therapy 2,600
Le Geyt Centre
3271 Staff 10,200
General Hospital
3401 Staff 296,400 3403 Supplies and Services 22,500
Pathological Laboratory
3411 Staff 28,200 Maternity Hospital
3421 Staff 36,100
St. Saviour 's Hospital
3431 Staff 221,200 3432 Premises 10,000
Overdale Hospital
3441 Staff 91,500
Sandybrook, Grouville and
The Limes
3451 Staff 89,100 Ambulance and Transport Station
3461 Staff 7,900 Maison le Pape
3471 Staff 4,800
C0306 Ambulance Station –
building of Station
and transport depot 12,000 Total Request £918,400 893,400 25,000
£ £
Resources Recovery Board
Administration
4001 Staff 86,800
4016 Waste Treatment
and Disposal 50,000 Total Request 136,800
Agriculture and Fisheries Committee
Administration
4106B Disposal of
Agricultural and
Horticultural Waste 29,750
Subsidies and Grants
4147 Subsidy to offset
Harbour Dues on
Imports 65,000 Total Request 94,750
Tourism Committee
Administration
4601 Staff 30,000
Establishment Committee
States Personnel Department
5103 Supplies and Services 45,000 Elizabeth House Committee
5302 Premises 20,000
S A
£ £
Prison Board
5502 Premises 15,000 5503 Supplies and Services 3,000 Total Request 18,000
Land Reclamation Committee
C1406 Land Reclamation West
of Albert Quay 89,150
Harbours and Airport Committee
C0290 Replacement
Klystron
Transmitters 200,000
The total requests granted for the April Supply Day amounted to £2,336,300.
The New House, Sommet Vert, Clos de la Marquanderie, St. Brelade .
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Housing Committee –
- approved the leasing from Mr. Nicholas Le Quesne Blampied of The New House, Sommet Vert, Clos de la Marquanderie, St. Brelade , for a further period of one year, with effect from 1st July, 1983, at an annual rent of £4,350, plus the lease fee cost of £35;
- authorised the Greffier of the States to sign the necessary agreement;
- authorised the Treasurer of the States to pay the rent as it became due.
Beach Guards – accommodation.
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Housing Committee, agreed that one of the miscellaneous properties owned by the Housing Committee could be used to provide housing accommodation during the summer months each year for the Beach Guards employed by the Tourism Committee.
National Trust for Jersey Law, 1983.
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, adopted a Law entitled the National Trust for Jersey Law, 1983.
Airport office and warehouse accommodation: transfer of lease.
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Harbours and Airport Committee –
- referred to their Act dated 22nd June, 1982, approving the lease to British Airways of office and warehouse accommodation in the Freight Terminal Building at the Airport for a further period of three years, with effect from 1st April, 1981, at an annual rent of £8,891 and agreed to terminate the lease with effect from 31st March, 1983;
- approved the lease to Hi-Speed Freight Services Limited of office and cargo handling accommodation and low level storage space in the Freight Terminal Building at the Airport for a period of three years with effect from 1st April, 1983, at an annual rent of £5,374, being 360 square feet of office accommodation at £4 a square foot, 1,440 square feet of cargo handling accommodation at £2.10 a square foot and 520 square feet of low level storage space at £1.75 a square foot;
- authorised the Greffier of the States to sign the necessary agreement;
- authorised the Treasurer of the States to receive the rent as it became due.
Rezoning of land at St. Lawrence .
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Island Development Committee –
- rezoned about 1.7 vergées of land at Field 749 and at the rear of La Hougue, La Ville Emphrie, St. Lawrence as shown on drawing No. 08.136.1 from "White Land" to use mainly for States' loan residential development;
- rezoned about 1.6 vergées of land at Field 524, St. Lawrence as shown on drawing No. 08.129.3 from "White Land" to use for residential development and made an exception to the restrictions imposed by Act of the States dated 7th December, 1982, to permit the land to be so used, notwithstanding the normal presumption against such development within Aircraft Noise Zone No. 2.
Jersey Arts Centre.
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, approved in principle the payment of a grant in the sum of £250,000 to the Jersey Arts Council to assist towards the completion of the Jersey Arts Centre, to be paid only when the Jersey Arts Council has raised a similar sum towards the completion.
Winchester Street site, St. Helier .
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Housing Committee –
- approved Drawing No. 2896/7 showing the development of the site adjacent to 26, Winchester Street, St. Helier , to provide five one-bedroomed flats;
- authorised the Greffier of the States to sign the said Drawing on behalf of the States.
Land Reclamation west of Albert Pier: purchase of foreshore.
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Land Reclamation Committee –
- approved the purchase from the Crown of the freehold of the foreshore on the reclamation area west of the Albert Pier measuring 35.66 acres, as shown in red on drawing No. 327/4D, for a consideration of £89,150.00;
- authorised the Attorney General and the Greffier of the States to pass the necessary contract in the matter;
- authorised the Treasurer of the States to pay the requisite sum out of the capital vote of credit granted to the Committee under the heading "Land Reclamation West of Albert Quay" (Vote No. C.1406).
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Injuries Centre: grant.
THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Public Health Committee, approved the payment of a grant of £25,000 to the Stoke Mandeville Hospital towards the cost of providing a purpose- built Spinal Injuries Centre at that Hospital.
Debate in camera.
The Deputy Bailiff , in pursuance of Article 9 of the Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974, and in accordance with Standing Order No. 46(2), ordered the withdrawal of strangers and the closing of the doors of the Chamber in order that the appointment of Mr. David Parkinson as Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force be debated in camera.
Chief Officer, States of Jersey Police Force – appointment.
THE STATES, having deliberated thereon in camera, adopted a Proposition of the Defence Committee and, in pursuance of Article 9 of the Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974, appointed Mr. David Parkinson as Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force on a five year contract basis commencing 1st July, 1983.
THE STATES rose at 12.45 p.m.
R.S. GRAY, Deputy Greffier of the States.