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Greffier of the States: appointment

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GREFFIER OF THE STATES: APPOINTMENT _______________

Lodged au Greffe on 26th February 2002 by the Human Resources Committee

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STATES OF JERSEY

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PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion -

  in a c c o rdance with the provision of Article  2(5) of the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey)

Law 1965, to consent to the appointment of Mr. Michael Nelson de la Haye, at present Deputy Greffier of the States, to the office of Greffier of the States from 28th October 2002.

HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Report

Article 2(5) of the Department of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965 provides that the Greffier of the States is appointed by the Bailiff with the consent of the States.

Michael de la Haye was born in Jersey in 1958. He was educated at Victoria College and subsequently obtained a degree in French studies from the University of Nottingham. After six years teaching English as a foreign language in Tunisia and France he returned to Jersey in 1986 and joined the Immigration and Nationality Department as a Junior Clerk. He was promoted to the post of Immigration Officer later that year and became one of three Chief Immigration Officers in 1991. In 1994 he was appointed to the post of Chief Clerk to the Attorney General in the Law Officers' Department and, in that capacity, was responsible for overseeing the management of the Department. He was appointed as Assistant Greffier of the States in February 1999 and promoted to his present position as Deputy Greffier of the States in October 2000. He is married with two teenage sons.

This proposition has no implications for the financial or manpower resources of the States.