Supplementary Order Paper 7th/8th December 2004

STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

Tuesday 7th & Wednesday 8th December 2004 SUPPLEMENTARY

B. TABLING OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

(Explanatory note attached)

Excise Duty (Relief and Drawback) (Amendment No.  3) (Jersey) R&O147/2004. Order 2004.

Finance and Economics Committee.

Residential Homes (General Provisions) (Amendment No.  11) R&O148/2004. (Jersey) Order 2004.

Health and Social Services Committee.

Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (General Provisions) R&O149/2004. (Amendment No.  11) Order 2004.

Health and Social Services Committee.

Ancillary Dental Workers (Registration) (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2004. R&O150/2004. Health and Social Services Committee.

Food and Drugs (Ice-Cream Stalls etc.) (Amendment No.  25) R&O151/2004. (Jersey) Order 2004.

Health and Social Services Committee.

Cremation (Fees) (Amendment No.  2) (Jersey) Order 2004. R&O152/2004. Health and Social Services Committee.

Nursing Agencies (General Provisions) (Amendment No.  20) R&O153/2004. (Jersey) Order 2004.

Health and Social Services Committee.

D. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

(a) Papers for information

Matters presented under Standing Order 6A(1)(a)

Budget 2005: third amendments (P.212/2004) – comments. P.212/2004. Policy and Resources Committee. Com.

(d) Papers to be lodged "au Greffe" under Standing Order 17A(1)(a)

Manual Workers' Joint Council: membership. P.219/2004. Policy and Resources Committee.

K. PUBLIC BUSINESS

Budget 2005: eighth amendments. P.220/2004. Senator R.J. Shenton.

(attached)

M.N. DE LA HAYE Greffier of the States

3rd December 2004.

Explanatory Note regarding subordinate legislation tabled at this meeting.

R&O 147/2004

This Order clarifies the entitlement to the personal relief from excise duty provided by Article 3 of the Excise Duty (Relief and Drawback) Order so that it applies only to a journey from another of the British Islands or another country.

The Order also redefines "hire vehicle" so that it has the same meaning in this Order as it has under the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 200-.

The Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

R&O 148/2004

The purpose of this Order is to increase –

1. t he application fee payable by a person who is, or is intended to be, in chargeof a residential home from £60.50 to £62;
2. t heapplication fee payableby a person carryingon a residential home from £142.50 to £146;and
3. t heannualfee payable by the person registered in respect oftheresidentialhome from £72.75 to £74.50.

The fees have increased by 2.5% and were last increased on 1st January 2004.

The Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

R&O 149/2004

The purpose of this Order is to increase –

1. t heapplication fee payable by a personwhois, or is intended to be, in charge of a nursing home or a mental nursing home from £60.50 to £62;
2. t he application fee payableby a personcarryingon a nursing homeor a mental nursing home from £142.50 to £146;and
3. t heannual fee payable by the person registered in respect of the home from £72.75 to £74.50.

The fees have increased by 2.5% and were last increased on 1st January 2004.

The Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

R&O 150/2004

This Order increases the fees payable –

1. f ortheentry of a person'sname on the roll or record from £36.50 to £37;
2. f or the retention of a person'snameonthe roll or record in any year afterthe year in which that person'sname was first recorded from £21.50 to £22; and
3. f orthe restoration of a person'sname to the roll orrecord from £36.50 to £37.

If this Order is made the fees will increase by an average of 2.5 %. The fees were last increased on 1st January 2004.

This Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005. R&O 151/2004

This Order increases from £86 to £88 the annual fee for a licence to operate a vehicle or a stall for the sale or production of ice-cream.

If this Order is made the fee will increase by 2.5%. The fee was last increased on 1st January 2004. This Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

R&O 152/2004

This Order increases from £42 to £43 the fee for completion of a medical certificate required by the Cremation (Jersey) Law 1953.

If this Order is made the fee will increase by 2.5 %. The fee was last increased in January 2004. This Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

R&O 153/2004

This Order increases –

1. f rom £208 to £213 the fee for the first application for a licence tocarry on a nursing agency;
2. f rom £102.50 to £105 the fee for renewal of a licence to carryon a nursing agency; and
3. f rom £82 to £84 the fee to transfer to different premises a licence to carry on a nursing agency.

The fees have increased by 2.5 % and were last increased on 1st January 2004.

This Order was made on 3rd December 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

BUDGET 2005: EIGHTH AMENDMENTS ____________

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1. t o increase the estimate of revenue expenditure of the Environment and Public Services Committee (Planning and Environment) from £5,120,000 to £5,720,000 byadding –

£6 0 0 ,0 0 0 to enable the establishment of a Countryside Renewal (agri-environment) Scheme;

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2. t o increase the estimate of income from Indirect Taxation in order to fund the establishment of a Countryside Renewal(agri-environment)Scheme,byadding the following amounttotheImpôts –

£6 0 0 ,0 0 0 to Impôts on tobacco, so that the income rises from £14,595,000 to £15,195,000.

SENATOR R.J. SHENTON P .2 2 0 / 2 0 0 4

REPORT

A very thorough examination through the Scrutiny process of the Agri-Environment Scheme (now re-named Countryside Renewal), which was approved by the States on 26th July 2002, has demonstrated overwhelming support for the principle of improving the Countryside through such a scheme.

Based on the evidence and the strength of the submissions received by the Panel, the main conclusion and recommendation of the Panel is that a Countryside Renewal Scheme should be implemented with the least possible delay.

It was also clear that the desirability and importance of any such scheme has not been fully understood, however, the consequences on non-implementation have been clearly stated by the National Trust whose submission was so succinct, that it has been reproduced in the Scrutiny Panel report.

It should be borne in mind that both the principle and the funding were supported by the States in July 2002 and it is the lack of funding which has prevented any progress being made.

It would be up to the Environment and Public Services Committee together with the Industry to agree the precise detail and implementation of the Scheme and this proposition presents an opportunity for the States to show a commitment to one of the Island's most important assets both for locals and tourists, that of the countryside and the environment.