Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority - appointment of member and Chairman

STATES OF JERSEY

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JERSEY COMPETITION REGULATORY AUTHORITY: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN

Lodged au Greffe on 20th April 2004 by the Economic Development Committee

STATES GREFFE

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

in a c cordance with Article 3(1)(a) of the Competition Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001, to re-

appoint Dr. Patrick Anthony McNutt as a member and Chairman of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority for a period of 3 years with effect from 17th May 2004.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

REPORT

1. T h e States approved the Competition RegulatoryAuthority (Jersey) Law 2001 inNovember2000.It received Royal Assenton 14th March 2001and came into force on 1stMay2001.
2. U n der Article 3(1)(a) it isfor the States to appoint onemember of the Authorityas its Chairman upon the recommendationof the EconomicDevelopmentCommittee.
3. U n der Article 4(2) a member shall beappointedfor a period not exceeding 5 yearsand upon expiry of such period shall be eligible for reappointment.
4. D r . Patrick AnthonyMcNuttwas appointed as thefirstChairmanof the Authority with effect from 17th May2001. Dr. McNutt's current term of office as memberandChairman expires on 17th May 2004.
5. D r . McNuttwas formerly Professorof Political Economyat the University of Ulster and, from 1995- 2000, wasthesecondChairmanof the Irish Competition Authority. Heis a leading authorityonEuropean competition policy with direct experienceof independent regulation of the kind now in the frame for Jersey undertheaegisof the JCRA. A short curriculum vitaeforDr.McNutt is attached.
6. T h e Appointments Commission has previously indicated that they wouldwishto take anactive role in the recruitment process in respect of senior posts at the JCRA.Following consultation, the Chairmanof the Appointments Commission has agreed that it is appropriate for the Committee to recommend the reappointmentof the current Chairmanfor a further term withouthavingtoundertake a recruitment process. TheAppointments Commission will require the position toundergo a recruitment processat the end of the secondterm.
7. A c cordingly, the EconomicDevelopmentCommitteerecommends that the Statesappoint Dr. McNuttas a memberandChairmanof the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authorityfor a further period of threeyears commencingon 17th May2004.
8. T h ere are no additional manpowerorfinancialconsequences arising from this proposition.

15th April 2004

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Patrick Anthony McNutt BA, MPhil, DPhil

Current Appointment

• S t ra t egy and Anti-Trust Consultant trading as Patrick McNutt and Associates

Previous appointments

• P a r tn er and Head of Competition, Indecon Consultants, Dublin, 2000 – 2003

• C h a i rman, Irish Competition Authority, Dublin, 1996 – 2000

• P r o f essor of Political Economy, University of Ulster, Belfast, 1994 – 1996

Past appointments

• R e s e arch Assistant, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin

• L e c t urer, Department of Economics, University College Galway

• V  is it ing Scholar, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

• V  is it ing Scholar, Georgetown University, Washington DC

• V  is it ing Lecturer, University of Limerick

• C o l l ege Lecturer, Department of Economics, University College Galway

Other appointments and distinctions

• R  ap p orteur at Directorate Competition's Advisory Committee, European Commission, Brussels, selected

cases 1997 – 1999

• F o r m er Member of the Senate of the University of Ulster

• F o r m er Chairman of Social Sciences Research Centre, University College Galway

• F o r m er Director, Centre for Research in Economics and Law, University College Galway and University of Ulster, Belfast

• F o r m er Member, National Committee for Economics and Social Sciences, Royal Irish Academy

• F o r m er Member, Committee of the European Public Choice Society

Guest Editorship of journals

• I n te r national Journal of Social Economics

• E u r o pean Business Review

Editorial Advisory Board on journals

• I n te r national Journal of Social Economics

• W  o r ld Competition

Books/Monographs

• U  n d erstanding Economic Issues (1985)

• C o m  petition Policy and the 1991 Irish Competition Act (1992)

• P e r s pectives on Competition Policy Issues: Ireland and the EU (1994)

Books

• T h e Economics of Public Choice (1996)

• T h e Economics of Public Choice Vol.  ll (2001)

• L a w   and Economics: European Perspective (2002/3)

Articles and book chapters

• O  ver  50  published  articles,  book  chapters  and  working  papers  on  various  aspects  of  economics  and competition policy.