States Minutes 11th December 1984

THE STATES assembled on Tuesday, 11th  December,  1984  at  09.30 a.m. under  the  Presidency  of  the   Bailiff , Sir Frank Ereaut.

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All members were present with the exception of –

John Philip de Carteret – out of the Island.

Charles Alan Le Maistre, Connétable of Grouville – out of the Island.

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Prayers. _____

Social Security Committee: Policy Report. R.C.26.

The Social Security Committee by Act dated 14th November, 1984, presented to the States a Policy Report.

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

Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work: Report and Accounts for 1983–1984. R.C.27.

The Social Security Committee by Act dated 29th November, 1984, presented to the States the Report and Accounts of the Jersey Council for Safety and Health at Work for the year 1983–1984.

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

Broadcasting Committee: Report for the years 1983/84. R.C.28.

The  Broadcasting  Committee  by  Act  dated  4th  December, 1984, presented to the States a report for the years 1983/84.

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

381   Price : £1.50.

Draft Amendment (No. ) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey (P.151/84): Report. P.171/84.

The Legislation Committee by Act dated 3rd December, 1984, presented to the States a Report on the draft Amendment (No. ) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey (lodged on 6th November, 1984).

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

Matters lodged.

The following subjects were lodged "au Greffe" –

1. Committee of Inquiry into the Franchise (Jersey) Law, 1968 (P.168/84): amendment. P.170/84. Presented by Senator Ralph Vibert .
2. Purchase of Fields 1027 and 1028 Bellozanne, St. Helier . P.172/84.

Presented by the Resources Recovery Board.

Oil subsidy for tomato producers. P.74/84.

THE STATES noted that the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee had withdrawn the Proposition regarding an oil subsidy for tomato producers (lodged on 5th June, 1984).

La Collette land – storage and distribution of solid fuel. Question and answer.

Senator John William Ellis asked Deputy Norman Stuart Le Brocq of St. Helier , President of the Island Development Committee, the following question –

"Will the President inform the House if it is the intention of the Committee to allocate an area of land in the La Collette land reclamation scheme to be used for the storage and distribution of solid fuels and, if so, what area will be made available and when?"

The President of the Island Development Committee replied as follows –

"The Committee has had two requests for space to store imported loose coal for packing and local distribution. One request is from a local company, and the other is from a Guernsey-based company. Each requires approximately 10–12,000 square feet. Both operators believe that they compete effectively with the Jersey Coal Distributors Limited in the supply of various domestic solid fuels, and fuel for the glasshouse industry.

There are approximately 200,000 square feet of land in the Island Development Committee's administration at La Collette, and an additional 130,000 or thereabouts in the administration of the Harbours and Airport Committee which is available for non-harbour-related activities at La Collette. Of this area, approximately 85,000 square feet is currently held in reserve for the possible use of the Jersey Electricity Company in connexion with future requirements for the generation of electricity, and approximately 50,000 square feet will be required for vehicle and boat parking in relation to other developments in the vicinity. This leaves in round terms approximately 215,000 square feet of land available for industrial development.

Against this figure, the Committee has over recent years received requests for industrial sites totalling approximately 713 square feet, which excludes the requirements of companies that have applied for a site but, for various reasons are no longer interested, and takes no account of those companies that have not applied but that the Committee would wish to see relocated.

The House will appreciate, therefore, that the limited amount of land that is available at La Collette is already heavily oversubscribed, and the House will be aware that the Committee, as part of the Island Plan exercise, will be bringing forward proposals to release more land for industrial purposes. My Committee believes that it is imperative therefore to ensure that what land is available is sold or leased to those companies whose relocation will secure the greatest planning, economic or social gains to the community.

The Committee believes that there is sufficient land already available to serve the Island's present needs for coal storage and that the requests from the two companies are based solely on the principle of competition with existing distributors, which in itself is insufficient justification for releasing valuable industrial land. The only valid justification would either be a substantial increase in the demand for solid fuel, or if it were deemed to be in the Island's interest to increase reserves of coal held in Jersey.

On a specific level the Committee does not favour the storage of loose coal at La Collette. It simply does not make sense to place loose coal, whatever measures are adopted to prevent the spread of coal dust, in close proximity to the Abattoir, and, might I add, the private meat importers which the Committee hopes to be able to relocate at La Collette, in an area of high wind exposure. The Public Health and Agriculture and Fisheries Departments have both expressed concern in the past at the possibility of coal storage at La Collette, and would, I trust, be supported by the Committee they serve in opposing such proposals.

The situation, therefore, is that the availability of space at La Collette for the storage of coal is remote. The Committee, however, would treat any application for storage of coal elsewhere on the planning merits of the individual case."

Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands.

The President of the Finance and Economics Committee made a Statement in the following terms –

"The Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands is to be subject to a number of changes in the year ahead consequent upon United Kingdom legislation shortly to be presented to Parliament in Westminster and which is to enable the Trustee Savings Banks to complete the removal of the longstanding restrictions on their freedom of action compared with that of other banks. For the benefit of States Members the nature of these changes is set out as follows in the form of a statement prepared in consultation with the Bank.

1. The Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands, formed as a result of the amalgamation of the Jersey and Guernsey Banks in 1975 – the Jersey Savings Bank having opened for business in 1835 – is greatly used by the residents of the Islands. In November of this year the total number of account holders was in excess of 60,000, the majority of whom were residents of the Islands, and the total deposit funds held by the Bank were £167 million.
2. At the present time the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands operates in accordance with the provisions of the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1981, as extended to the Channel Islands. There exists in the United Kingdom the Trustee Savings Bank Central Board, and the latter has the power to give directions to, and provide banking services and support for, each of the Trustee Savings Banks established under that Act.
3. Under the present arrangements, the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands is subject to supervision by the United Kingdom authorities. Article 3(2) of the Depositors and Investors (Prevention of Fraud) (Jersey) Law, 1967, as amended, provides for the exemption of the Trustee Savings Bank from the need to register as a deposit-taking institution, and the bank is therefore not presently subject to supervision by the insular authorities in accordance with the requirements of that Act.
4. What is now proposed is that the Trustee Savings Bank Group, embracing the Trustee Savings Bank in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, is to be reorganised under the overall control of a new top holding company (TSB Group plc.) which will be the parent body for all the Group's activities.

The banking, insurance and instalment credit activities of the Group will each have their own separate corporate structure under the parent body, and the banking structure will comprise separate wholly-owned subsidiaries covering –

1. England and Wales;
2. Scotland;
3. Northern Ireland;

and a separate subsidiary (Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands Limited) to cover the Channel Islands with 49 per cent of the equity being offered locally.

5. Depositors (whether resident or non-residents of the Channel Islands and staff of the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands will be given preferential rights to purchase shares in the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands Limited and any shares not so taken up will be offered to residents of the Channel Islands. Shares may be offered to non-depositors who are non-residents of the Channel Islands ifitis agreed to be necessary in the light of conditions at the time.
6. Depositors and staff of the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands will also be entitled to subscribe for shares in the TSB Group Plc. They will rank after those entitled to priority rights to subscribe for this issue, but will be given preference over the public.
7. The price for the shares in the Channel Island subsidiary offered for sale or subscription will be agreed between the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands Limited and TSB Group Plc.'s financial advisers, with a view to attracting full subscription from depositors (residents and non- residents, staff and residents of the Channel Islands.
8. A majority of the Board of TSB of the Channel Islands Limited will be residents of the Channel Islands and non-residents of the United Kingdom, and the Chairman of the TSB of the Channel Islands Limited will be a Channel Islands resident and non- resident of the United Kingdom. The TSB Group

Plc. will recognise that TSB of the Channel Islands Limited should take into account local market conditions in managing its operations; at the same time TSB of the Channel Islands will recognise that it will be part of the TSB Group and should be operated as such.

9. For these changes to be put into effect United Kingdom legislation is first required to provide for the repeal of the current United Kingdom Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1981, and the transfer of assets to the proposed TSB holding company. This United Kingdom legislation will, as with previous legislation relating to the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands, extend to the Islands with appropriate adaptations and modifications. In tandem with these United Kingdom legislative changes, the Finance and Economics Committee would propose to remove the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands from the list of exempt institutions under Article 3(2) of the Depositors and Investors (Prevention of Fraud) (Jersey) Law, 1967, as amended, thereby providing for the bank to be

subject to the supervision of the Committee and its officers in common with the other institutions presently registered under that Act. This will be accomplished by an Order of the Finance and Economics Committee, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(3) of the Depositors and Investors Law, as amended.

10. The Board of Trustees of the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands have informed the Finance and Economics Committee that they believe itisin the best interests of depositors that the local bank should retain the present close relationship and support of the United Kingdom TSB Group as a whole, and the Committee shares this view. Under the proposed arrangements, the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands will continue to be able to look to the TSB Group for support, and the agreed construction of the Board of the local subsidiary company would suggest that the present satisfactory blending of the interests of the local bank with the interests of the TSB Group will be maintained in the future. In addition, the proposals represent a further step in the steady development over recent years in the ability of the Trustee Savings Bank movement, including the TSB of the Channel Islands, to provide a fuller range of banking activities, which the many customers are able to enjoy."

Supplementary and Additional votes of credit.

THE  STATES  considered  an  Act  of  the  Finance  and Economics  Committee  dated  28th  November,  1984,  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' Department

0311  Staff  4,000 0312  Premises  700 0313  Supplies and Services  12,000

Judicial Greffe

0321  Staff  11,400 0322  Premises  8,200 0325  Establishment  1,000

Police Court

0341  Staff  14,600 0342  Premises  29,000 0343  Establishment  5,700

Probation Service

0351  Staff  23,700 carried forward  110,300

£ £

Finance and Economics Committee cont'd.

brought forward  110,300 Official Analyst's Department

0381  Staff  500 0385  Establishment  1,100

Treasury Department

0416  Computer Services

Department  53,000 0418  Capital Servicing  3,600

Economic Adviser's Department

0422  Premises  100 0423  Supplies and Services  100 0425  Establishment  100

Welfare Service

0500A  Payments  50,000 0500B  Administration Costs

(Parishes)  2,000

Miscellaneous

0602A  Association Internationale

des Parlementaires de

Langue Française  9,400 0603  Criminal cases –

prosecution and other

costs  10,000 0605  Insurance  3,000 0607  Joint Advisory Council  400 0609  Members' expenses  2,900

Establishment of H.E. the Lieutenant Governor

0701  Staff   900 Total request  247,400

£ £

Defence Committee

Miscellaneous

1016  Maintenance of Property  7,000

Immigration and Nationality Department

1101  Staff  13,000 1102  Premises  500 1103  Supplies and Services  700 1105  Establishment  4,300

Motor Traffic Office

1121  Staff  7,600 1122  Premises  400

Police

1201  Staff  132,900 Fire Service

1301  Staff  30,000 Total request  196,400

Public Works Committee

Administration

2019  Emergency Employment

Scheme  50,000 Car Parks

2031  Staff  6,000 Maintenance of Roads – Cleaning

2063  Supplies and Services  2,000 Cleaning of Beaches

2073  Supplies and Services  5,000 Public Buildings

2082  Premises  58,000 Total request  121,000

£ £

Education Committee

Primary Schools – Non-Fee Paying

2501  Teaching Staff  80,000 2502  Non-Teaching Staff  5,000 2503  Premises  37,500

Secondary Schools – Non-Fee Paying

2601  Teaching Staff  85,000 2603  Premises  23,500

Victoria College

2611  Teaching Staff  20,000 2612  Non-Teaching Staff  5,500 2613  Premises  15,000 2619  Capital Servicing  200

Victoria College Boarding House

2622  Non-Teaching Staff  2,200 2623  Premises  3,000

Jersey College for Girls

2631  Teaching Staff  5,000 2632  Non-Teaching Staff  6,500 2633  Premises  6,000

Technical and Vocational Education

2703  Premises  2,000 Adult Education

2711  Teaching Staff  7,000 2712  Non-Teaching Staff  3,500

Special Education

2802  Non-Teaching Staff  4,200 2803  Premises   4,500 carried forward  315,600

£ £

Education Committee cont'd.

brought forward  315,600 Residential School

2832  Staff  11,000 2839  Capital Servicing  100

Sports and Recreation

2880  Cost of maintaining

playing fields and

grounds  53,900

Child Welfare – Children's Homes

2913  Premises  14,500 2918  Establishment  500 2919  Capital Servicing  100

Child Welfare – Group Homes

2922  Staff  1,500 2928  Establishment  100

Public Libraries

3002  Staff  8,500 3004  Premises  3,000 3008  Establishment  1,000

Cultural Sport and Allied Grants

3017  Grant for International

Youth Year  3,000 3050  School Milk  2,000

3060  Transport of School-

children  23,000

3070  Teachers' Pension

Increases   26,500  

carried forward  461,300  3,000

£ £

Education Committee cont'd.

brought forward  461,300  3,000 General Education Services

3109  Payment to the Commonwealth

Institute  900

Administration

3152  Staff  50,000

3153  Premises  17,000

3158  Establishment  12,500

3159  Capital Servicing  500

Advisory Services

3171  Staff  20,000

Youth Service

3189  Capital Servicing   200   Total request £565,400  562,400  3,000

Public Health Committee

Grants

3251  Jersey Family Welfare

Centre  6,000 3252  Jersey District Nursing

Association  23,500

Health and Social Services

3264  Cervical cytology and

family planning  1,300 3266  School medical service

and speech therapy  1,200

Le Geyt Centre

3271  Staff  3,000 3278  Capital Servicing   200 carried forward  35,200

£ £

Public Health Committee cont'd.

brought forward  35,200 General Hospital

3401  Staff  147,000 3402  Premises  14,800 3403  Supplies and Services  18,300

Pathological Laboratory

3413  Supplies and Services  2,000 3415  Establishment  1,000

Maternity

3421  Staff  14,500 3428  Capital Servicing  100

St. Saviour 's Hospital

3431  Staff  64,000 Overdale Hospital

3441  Staff  37,200

Sandybrook, Grouville and the Limes

3451  Staff  39,000 Ambulance Station

3468  Capital Servicing  1,200

Maison Le Pape

3471  Staff  2,300

3500  Major Repairs   55,000 Total request £431,600  376,600  55,000

£ £

Agriculture and Fisheries Committee

Howard Davis Farm

4112  Premises  3,400 Subsidies and Grants

4134  Basic slag and lime

subsidy  45,000

Emergency Supplies

4166  Flour buffer stock

payments   500 Total request  48,900

Etat Civil Committee

4701  Staff  600 4702  Premises  200 4705  Establishment  1,000 Total request  1,800

Social Security Committee

States Grants to Insurance Funds

4801  States Contributions –

Social Security  149,000 Cottage Homes Committee

4901  Staff  1,300 4902  Premises  8,600 Total request  9,900

Island Development Committee

Administration

5205  Establishment  8,600 5209  Capital Servicing  125,800 Total request  134,400

£ £

Elizabeth House Committee

5301  Staff  3,000 5302  Premises  1,600 5303  Supplies and Services  1,300 5305  Establishment   400 Total request  6,300

Fort Regent Development Committee

General Overheads

5711  Staff  19,200 5712  Premises  12,000

Swimming Pool and Gloucester Hall

5721  Staff  25,300 5722  Premises  24,000

Administration

5732  Premises  550 5735  Establishment  3,000

Cable Cars

5761  Staff  1,400 5762  Premises  450 5763  Supplies and Services   4,500 Total request  90,400

Gambling Control Committee

5801  Staff  200 5802  Premises  200 5805  Establishment   500 Total request   900

CAPITAL VOTES OF CREDIT

Public Health Committee

C0342  Construction of States

Offices in the Parade –

Phase I  39,000

£ £

Education Committee

C0529  Youth Service –

Le Squez  63,000 C0598  Development of Special

Education –

Mont-à-l'Abbé  9,000 72,000

Tourism Committee

C1502  Extension of office

accommodation  112,500

The  total  requests  granted  for  the  December  Supply  Day amounted to £2,226,900.

The total of the deferred Supply item amounted to £1,025,000.

Public  Works  Committee –  Jersey  Heritage  Trust.  Deferred Supply. P.174/84.

THE STATES deferred consideration of the request of the Public Works Committee for a supplementary vote of credit in the sum  of  £1,025,000  for  a  grant  to  the  Jersey  Heritage  Trust  to redevelop La Longue Caserne, St. Helier (1900).

The Proposition relative thereto was lodged "au Greffe" by the Public Works Committee.

Agricultural  Loans  and  Guarantees  Advisory  Board: appointment.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee –

1. approved the appointment of Mr. Adolphus Germain Le Maistre as a Member of the Agricultural Loans and Guarantees Advisory Board;

2. approved the re-appointment of Mr. David John Le Marquand and Mr. Robin Perchard as Members of the Agricultural Loans and Guarantees Advisory Board.

Barclays Bank (Jersey) Law, 1984 (Appointed Day) Act, 1984.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of Deputy Sir Martin Le Quesne of St. Saviour , approved the Barclays Bank (Jersey) Law, 1984 (Appointed Day) Act, 1984.

Don Westaway Council: membership.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, approved, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Westaway Trust (Jersey) Law, 1930, the nomination of Mr. John Langlois Le Breton and Mr. Charles Alfred Smith to serve on the Don Westaway Council in the place of the late Mr. Michael George Priaulx Tourtel and Mr. Frederick James Adolphus Turpin.

Agricultural Industry: interest subsidies.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee –

1. approved the continuation of the Scheme to provide growers with an interest subsidy on monies borrowed from the Clearing Banks and the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands for the purchase of items used directly in the production and packaging of produce, in accordance with the list approved by the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee, the level of subsidy to be the difference between 6½ per cent and the individual base rate of the Bank concerned, and the subsidy to apply in respect of interest on borrowings during the period 1st October, 1984 to 30th September, 1985;
2. approved the continuation of the Scheme to provide Jersey Exporters Limited with an interest subsidy on monies borrowed from Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Limited for the financing of the mid potato canning contract, the level of subsidy to be the difference between 6½ per cent and the effective interest rate of the Bank, and the subsidy to apply in respect of borrowings during the period 1st September, 1985 to 30th June, 1986.

Ancillary Dental Workers (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 10 of the Dentists (Registration) (Jersey) Law, 1961, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Ancillary Dental Workers (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

Establishments for Massage or Special Treatment (Licensing Fees) (No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 2 of the Establishments for Massage or Special Treatment (Licensing) (Jersey) Law, 1938, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Establishments for Massage or Special Treatment (Licensing Fees) (No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

Ouaisné: exception to Green Zone policy.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Island Development Committee, authorised that Committee to permit the construction of one new single-storey two-bedroomed dwelling on a site in the garden of Mon Ami, Ouaisné, St. Brelade , notwithstanding that the site is in the Green Zone.

Harbours (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 4 of the Harbours Administration (Jersey) Law, 1961, made Regulations entitled the Harbours (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

Public Works Committee – public buildings. Deferred Supply.

THE STATES, having accepted an amendment of the President of the Public Works Committee that the figures "£12,000" be substituted for the figures "£20,000", adopted a Proposition of the Finance and Economics Committee and acceded to the request for the following supplementary vote of credit to be voted out of the General Reserve –

Public Works Committee

2082 – Premises – £12,000.

Establishment Committee – premises. Deferred Supply.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Finance and Economics Committee, acceded to the request for the following supplementary vote of credit to be voted out of the General Reserve –

Establishment Committee

5102 – Premises – £1,900.

Windsor Road, St. Helier – Nos. 1, 3 and 3A.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Housing Committee –

1. approved Drawings Nos. 214/2C, 274/5 and 274/6 showing the redevelopment of Nos. 1, 3 and 3a Windsor Road, St. Helier to provide two three- bedroomed houses and two one-bedroomed flats;
2. authorised the Greffier of the States to sign the said Drawings on behalf of the States.

Gambling (Licensing Provisions) (Amendment No. 7) (Jersey) Regulations, 1974.

THE STATES, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3 of the Gambling (Jersey) Law, 1964, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Gambling (Licensing Provisions) (Amendment No. 7) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

Room 48, Fort Regent.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Fort Regent Development Committee –

1. agreed to the purchase on behalf of the public of the Island of the shopfittings and the unexpired portion of the lease of Room 48 at Fort Regent from Rainbow Trading Limited, for an amount of £5,000;
2. authorised the annulment of the lease of Room 48 to Rainbow Trading Limited with effect from 31st December, 1984;
3. authorised the Attorney General and the Greffier of the States to pass the necessary contract of "annulation".

Payment of non-contributory death grant.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Social Security Committee, agreed –

1. to award a death grant in respect of a deceased person who was –

1. a person who had attained the age of fifty- five years before 10th September, 1951; or
2. a person who had first become resident in the Island after he had attained the age of sixty-five years; or
3. a person for whom an Attendance Allowance, or to whom an Adult Disability Allowance, was payable at the time of his death;

on the following conditions –

1. the death grant shall not be awarded where a Death Grant could be paid under the provisions of the Social Security (Jersey) Law, 1974, or the equivalent benefit could be provided under the social security scheme of any other country, were such a benefit to be claimed; and

2. the deceased person, if Jersey-born, had been ordinarily resident in the Island for the period of 12 months prior to the date of the death or, if not Jersey-born, had been ordinarily resident in the Island for an aggregate period of twelve years; and
3. otherwise, the rules (other than the contribution conditions) attached to the award of a Death Grant under the provisions of the Social Security (Jersey) Law, 1974, are applied to the award of this grant;

2. to fix  the amount of the death grant at the same amount as the Death Grant that is payable under the provisions of the Social Security (Jersey) Law, 1974, at the time of the death of the deceased;
3. to provide the funds for the payment of the death grant out of the Annual Income of the States.

Draft Amendment (No. 6) to the Tariff of Harbour and Light Dues.

THE STATES, in pursuance of the Harbour and Light Dues (Jersey) Law, 1947, as amended, approved the draft Amendment (No. 6) to the Tariff of Harbour and Light Dues.

Tourism Department Offices: alterations.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Tourism Committee –

1. approved Drawing No. 2734/19 showing the alterations to the Tourism Department;

2. authorised the Greffier of the States to sign the said Drawing on behalf of the States.

Hawkers and Non-Resident Traders (No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

THE STATES, having accepted an amendment of the Finance and Economics Committee that in Regulation 1 "1.(a)" for the figures "£200" there should be substituted the figures "£100", and in pursuance of Article 13 of the Hawkers and Non-Resident Traders (Jersey) Law, 1965, made Regulations entitled the Hawkers and Non-Resident Traders (No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations, 1984.

Entertainments on Public Roads (Jersey) Law, 1984.

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, adopted a Law entitled the Entertainments on Public Roads (Jersey) Law, 1984.

Chez Marguerite Private Hotel, 3 Elizabeth Place, St. Helier .

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Public Health Committee, referred to their Act of 3rd November, 1981, in which they approved, in principle, the development of the health care services in the Island for the mentally ill, as outlined in Section III of the Public Health Committee's Report dated 29th September, 1981, and –

1. approved the purchase by the Public of Chez Marguerite Private Hotel, No. 3, Elizabeth Place, St. Helier from Mr. Rodney Hunt for an amount of £155,000, on the basis of each party paying its own legal expenses, for use as a Psychiatric Day Care Centre;
2. authorised the Attorney General and the Greffier of the States to pass the necessary contract;
3. authorised the Treasurer of the States to make the appropriate payment from the Island Development Committee's Capital Vote of Credit No. C.0904 Acquisition of Land – Major Reserve'.

Draft Amendment (No. ) to the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey.

THE STATES commenced consideration of the draft Amendment (No. ) to the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey and, after discussion, paragraph (1A) of Standing Order 1(1) was referred back to Senator Pierre François Horsfall.

Paragraph (1B) of Standing Order 1(1) was rejected. Members present voted as follows for paragraph (1B) –

"Pour" (2)

Senators

Shenton, Horsfall.

"Contre" (47)

Senators

Vibert , Le Marquand, Jeune , Averty, Binnington, Sandeman, Ellis, Baal, Rothwell.

Connétable s

St. Ouen , St. Mary , St. Saviour , St. John , Trinity , St. Brelade , St. Martin , St. Peter , St. Helier , St. Clement , St. Lawrence .

Deputies

Mourant(H), St. Ouen , Morel (S), Le Maistre(H), Quenault(B), Perkins(C), Le Gallais(S), Roche(S), Le Brocq(H), Le Quesne(S), Trinity , St. Martin , Filleul(H), Vandervliet(L), St. Peter , Le Main, Farley(H), Le Fondré(L), Rumboll(H), Buesnel(H), Grouville , St. Mary , Beadle(B), Thorne (B), Billot(S), Norman(C), St. John .

Retiring Members.

The Bailiff conveyed the best wishes of the House to the six Members who would not be returning in the new Session and, on behalf of the Island, thanked them for their service.

THE STATES rose at 5.10 p.m.

E.J.M. POTTER, Greffier of the States.