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STATES MINUTES 3 r d D e ce mber 1997
T HE STATES assembled on Wednesday, 3 r d December 1997 at 9.30 a.m.
u n d er the Presidency of the
G re f fier of the States,
G e o ffrey Henry Charles
C o p p o ck, Esquire
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All members were present with the exception of -
S enator Stuart Syvret - out of the Island
D avid Leon Crespel, Deputy of Trinity - out
o f the Island
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P r a y e rs
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Budget 1998
THE STATES resumed consideration of the Budget 1998 and the estimates of capital expenditure
for the financial year commencing 1st January 1998, on pages 64 and 65 of the Budget.
THE STATES rejected an amendment of Deputy Robert Charles Duhamel of St. Saviour that in
the estimate of capital expenditure of the
Public Services Committee the amount of £900,000 in Vote No. C1637 Green Composting Site'' should be disallowed.
Members voted as follows - P o u r '' (8)
S enator
S h e nton.
C onnétables
S t . Mary, Trinity . D eputies
D u hamel(S), St. Martin, St. John, Le M a in(H), Crowcroft (H).
C ontre'' (43) S enators
H o rsfall, Rothwell, Le Maistre, Stein, Q u érée, Bailhache , Tomes, Norman, W a lker, Kinnard.
C onnétables
S t . Clement, St. Lawrence, St. Brelade , S t . Peter, Grouville , St. Helier, St.
S a v iour, St. Martin , St. Ouen, St.
J e a n.
D eputies
W a vell(S), H. Baudains(C), Le Sueur(H), C o u tanche(L), St. Mary, S. Baudains(H), L e Geyt(S), Pullin(S), John(H),
R o u tier(H), Dorey(H), Layzell(B),
B r e ckon(S), Grouville , Huet(H),
B l a mpied(H), Rabet(H), Vibert (B), de la H ay e(B), Le Cornu(C), St. Peter ,
D u bras(L), St. Ouen.
THE STATES adopted a proposition of the Finance and Economics Committee and agreed that the additional £1,350,000 granted to the Public Services Committee in Vote C0452 Foul Sewer Extensions'' on 2nd December 1997, should be funded from the general reserve in 1998 and that the capital estimates for 1999 would be reduced
by the same amount.
Deputy Philip John Rondel of St. John withdrew paragraph (b) of his amendment.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of
t he Public Services Committee appearing on p age 65 of the Budget was allowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of t he Planning and Environment Committee a ppearing on page 64 of the Budget was
a llowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of t he Agriculture and Fisheries Committee a ppearing on page 65 of the Budget was a llowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of
t he Defence Committee appearing on page 65
o f the Budget was allowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of
t he Housing Committee appearing on page 65
o f the Budget was allowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of
t he Sport, Leisure and Recreation Committee a ppearing on page 65 of the Budget was
a llowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of t he Prison Board appearing on page 65 of t he Budget was allowed.
T HE STATES allowed the estimate of capital e xpenditure allocated to Millenium Projects a nd WEB Ltd. (sinking fund) appearing on
p age 67 of the Budget.
T HE STATES noted that the amount to be v oted from the Capital Fund was
£ 36,274,000.
T HE STATES then proceeded to consider the e stimates of capital expenditure to be
f inanced from the trading funds appearing
o n page 66 of the Budget and -
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of t he Harbours and Airport Committee was a llowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of
t he Telecommunications Board was allowed.
T he estimate of the capital expenditure of t he Committee for Postal Administration w as allowed.
THE STATES, having noted the estimated transactions of the trading funds, decided to allow the said estimates as detailed in the undermentioned pages of the Budget as follows -
T RADING FUNDS H a rbours - Page 54 A i rport - Page 57
T e lecommunications Board - Page 60
C o mmittee for Postal Administration - P age 63
THE STATES considered the estimates of income to be produced from taxation appearing on page 2 of the Budget and agreed the estimate as follows -
£ £
Impôts on spirits 4 , 746,000
Impôts on wines 3 , 4 86,000 Impôts on beer 2 ,2 2 3,000
Impôts on tobacco 1 1,298,000 Impôts on motor fuel 8,442,000
Goods imported into the Island 1 50,000 3 0,345,000
Income tax 2 5 5 ,0 0 0 , 0 0 0
THE STATES commenced consideration of a Bill to continue certain expiring fiscal Laws; to
prescribe the standard rate of income tax for
the year nineteen hundred and ninety-eight; to amend further the Law relating to income tax to increase certain personal allowances and
reliefs, to exempt certain payments from income tax, to alter the charge payable on an
application to be treated as an exempt company
and to provide for the variation of the rate of
tax chargeable on certain profits or gains of an international business company; and to amend the Laws relating to wines and spirits duty, beer
duty, tobacco duty and oils and spirits duty.
The Preamble and Articles 1 and 2 were adopted.
THE STATES rejected an amendment of Senator Nigel Lewis Quérée that in Part III, Article 3
( a) in paragraph (1) -
( i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the
w o r d s sixteen thousand seven h u n d re d and fifty pounds'' there sh o u l d be substituted the words se v e n teen thousand one hundred an d t en pounds'',
( ii ) in sub-paragraph (b), for the
w o r d s two thousand three hundred p o u n d s or four thousand six
h u n d re d pounds'' there should be
su b s t it uted the words two
th o u s a nd four hundred and twenty p o u n d s or four thousand six
h u n d re d pounds'';
( b) paragraph (2) should be deleted;
( c) paragraph (3) should be re-numbered as p a r agraph (2), and in clause (i) of
s u b -paragraph (a) and sub-paragraph (b)
o f t hat paragraph, for the words
t w o thousand three hundred pounds''
t h er e should be substituted the words
t w o thousand four hundred and twenty p o u nds''.
Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, were adopted.
The said Bill was lodged au Greffe'' in second reading.
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 25 of the Public Finances (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1967, as amended, declared that the Bill to continue certain expiring fiscal Laws; to
prescribe the standard rate of income tax for
the year nineteen hundred and ninety-eight; to amend further the Law relating to income tax to alter certain personal allowances and reliefs,
to exempt certain payments from income tax, to alter the charge payable on an application to be treated as an exempt company and to provide for the variation of the rate of tax chargeable on certain profits or gains of an international
business company; and to amend the Laws relating to wines and spirits duty, beer duty, tobacco
duty and oils and spirits duty (which Bill had
this day been lodged au Greffe'') should immediately have effect as it it were a Law
passed by the States and sanctioned by Her Majesty in Council.
THE STATES, having completed consideration of the Budget, agreed the summary of the estimated income and revenue expenditure for 1998 appearing on page 67 of the Budget as follows -
INCOME
£ £ £
Income Tax 2 5 5 , 0 0 0 ,000
Impôts 3 0 ,3 4 5 ,000
Investment Income 3 ,0 00,000
2 8 8 , 3 4 5 ,000
LESS
Non-Trading Committees
Revenue expenditure 308,414,100 Capital Servicing 16,000,000
3 2 4 ,4 1 4 , 1 0 0 Authorised Revenue
Expenditure
Revenue Income 59,750,200
Interest on advances from
Capital Fund 3,324,600
Income 6 3 , 0 7 4 ,8 0 0
2 6 1 ,3 3 9 , 3 0 0
Financial Services Commission Return 3 ,45 4,000
2 5 7 , 8 8 5 ,300
3 0 , 4 5 9 , 700
Trading Committees
Expenditure 6 6 , 4 8 7 ,3 00
Income 8 1 ,7 2 5 , 2 0 0
1 5 ,2 3 7 , 9 0 0
Estimated transfer to Trading Funds 1 3 ,0 77,450
2 ,1 6 0,450
3 2 , 6 2 0 , 150
ADD
Estimated surplus brought forward at 1st
January 1998 5 , 3 6 0 ,1 0 0
3 7 , 9 8 0 , 250
Appropriation to Reserves:
Net Appropriation to the General Reserve
( 2 7 ,0 0 0 , 000)
Balance to be transferred to Capital Fund
£ 1 0 ,9 8 0 , 250
THE STATES further agreed the estimated transactions of the capital fund for 1998 as follows -
Revised estimate of balance in hand at 1st January 1998 3 0 ,6 1 2 , 8 00
Transfer from Strategic Reserve 10,000,000
Capital repayments and receipts 30,200,000
Estimated balance on revenue account 10,980,250
(as above) 8 1 , 7 9 3 , 050
Capital Expenditure as recommended by the Finance and Economics
Committee 3 3 , 274,000
Add:
Millenium Projects 2,000,000
WEB Ltd (Sinking Fund) 1,000,000
3 6 ,2 7 4 , 0 0 0
Loan sanction repayments 10,720,000
4 6 , 9 9 4 , 000
Estimated balance in hand at 31st December 1998 3 4 ,7 9 9 , 0 5 0
Road Traffic (No. 47) (Jersey) Regulations 1997 - P.173/97
THE STATES, in pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Order in Council of the twenty-
sixth day of December 1851 and Article 49 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Road Traffic (No. 47) (Jersey) Regulations 1997.
Draft Amendment (No. 20) to the Tariff of Harbour and Light Dues - P.174/97
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 6 of the Harbour and Light Dues (Jersey) Law 1947, as amended, approved a draft amendment to the Tariff of Harbour and Light Dues approved by the States on the nineteenth day of August 1980.
Boats and Surf-Riding (Control) (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey) Regulations 1997 - P.176/97
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 4 of the Harbours (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1961, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Boats and Surf-Riding (Control) (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey) Regulations 1997.
Harbours (Amendment No. 26) (Jersey) Regulations 1997 - P.177/97
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 4 of the Harbours (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1961, as amended, made Regulations entitled the Harbours (Amendment No. 26) (Jersey) Regulations 1997.
The Lloyds TSB (Jersey) Law 1997 (Appointed Day) Act 1997 - P.181/97
THE STATES commenced consideration of the draft The Lloyds TSB (Jersey) Law 1997 (Appointed Day) Act 199 and adopted the preamble, and
paragraphs 1 and 2.
The Schedule was adopted, the States having accepted an amendment of the Finance and Economics Committee that, in paragraph 2, after the word undertaking'' there should be
inserted the words in Jersey''.
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 1 of The Lloyds TSB (Jersey) Law 1997, made an Act entitled The Lloyds TSB (Jersey) Law 1997 (Appointed Day) Act 1997.
Natwest Offshore Limited (Jersey) Law 1997 (Appointed Day) Act 1997 - P.182/97
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 9 of the NatWest Offshore Limited (Jersey) Law 1997, made an Act entitled the Natwest Offshore Limited (Jersey) Law 1997 (Appointed Day) Act 1997.
Public Lotteries Board: membership - P.183/97
THE STATES, adopting a proposition of the Gambling Control Committee, and in pursuance of Regulation 3(5) of the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Regulations 1975, as amended, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Colin Hill
and Mrs. Cynthia Rumboll, appointed the following persons as members of the Public Lotteries Board for a period of five years,
namely -
M r. Geoffrey James Roscouet M r. Paul Crespel.
La Collette, St. Helier: transfer of administration of Elan Animal Products building - P.184/97
THE STATES, adopting a proposition of the Public Services Committee, approved the transfer of administration from the Public Services
Committee to the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee of the Elan Animal Products Building, La Collette Phase I Reclamation site, as
outlined on drawing No. JDR003.
THE STATES rose at 3.07 p.m.
C . M . N E W C O M BE D e p u ty Greffier of the States.