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STATES OF JERSEY
JERSEY CONSUMER COUNCIL: APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN
Lodged au Greffe on 23rd December 2011 by the Minister for Economic Development
STATES GREFFE
2011 Price code: A P.195
PROPOSITION
THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion
to refer to their Act dated 2nd February 2011 regarding the future mandate for the Jersey Consumer Council and in consideration of (b)(ii) of P.182/2010, to approve the appointment of Rose Edith Colley as Chair of the Jersey Consumer Council for a term of 3 years with immediate effect.
MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REPORT
The Jersey Consumer Council was established by Act of the States in 1995 and since that time has been chaired by States member Senator Alan Breckon.
In 2008 a United Kingdom expert in consumer representation (Pact Consulting Limited) was engaged to review the operation of the Council and a number of recommendations were made. Subsequently in August 2009 the Minister asked Mr. Colin Powell CBE to undertake an assessment of those recommendations to ensure that any proposed changes were appropriate for a small island jurisdiction. His report was published as an Appendix in P.182/2010.
There were a number of actions which flowed from the adoption by the States of P.182/2010. Possibly the most significant was found in part (b)(ii) which is reproduced below –
"to request the Minister for Economic Development to take the necessary steps to provide for the Council's effective operations by-
(ii) recommending to the States for approval the appointment of a Chairman who should not be limited to being a States member, and should be appointed in accordance with the Jersey Appointments Commission's Code of Good Practice;"
In effect this was a fundamental change to the previous constitution in that the role of Chair was no longer restricted to being a member of the States. A decision was also taken to offer an honorarium of £10,000 per annum to the new Chair for a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week on Council business.
Following a recruitment process which involved applications from a number of very highly qualified professionals the Minister is pleased to announce that he is recommending for approval the appointment of Rose Edith Colley as new Chair of the Jersey Consumer Council.
Financial and manpower implications
The Jersey Consumer Council is funded by an annual grant from the Economic Development Department and the grant for 2011 was £100,000. This will continue to be negotiated based on an annual business plan submitted by the Council.
There are no manpower implications.
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Rose Edith Colley
Rose Colley is an Advocate of the Royal Court and is currently a Partner at Vibert s law firm and head of Family Law.
Ms. Colley became a Solicitor in 1980 and spent a number of years as a lecturer for the Inner London Education Authority before entering into private practice in 1986. She completed her MBA at the Nottingham Law School in 1996.
Ms. Colley moved to Jersey in 1997 becoming an Advocate in 2000 and joined Vibert s the same year as Practice Director. She is a former acting Bâtonnier, the legal adviser to St. John Ambulance in Jersey and sits on the Citizens Advice Bureau management committee.
Having recently stood in the Senatorial elections she finished 5th in the final vote and this has encouraged her to become more involved in a high profile community role. She is looking forward to applying her many skills in leading the Jersey Consumer Council for the next 3 years.