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WRITTEN QUESTION TO H.M. ATTORNEY GENERAL BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 20TH JUNE 2017
Question
Further to his answer to written question 1(311) on 6th June 2017, will H.M. Attorney General advise what other legislation, if any beyond the 1930 and 1965 Laws cited in that answer, relate to the roles and duties of himself and H.M. Solicitor General?
Answer
In his answer to written question 311, to which the Deputy refers, the Attorney General explained the roles and duties of both himself and the Solicitor General with respect to Ministers, Members and the Assembly, the legal basis for those duties and how any conflicts are managed.
The Attorney General and Solicitor General have various statutory functions in addition to those which are non-statutory.
In respect of statutory functions, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General have roles and duties under many statutes. Twenty examples are:
- Advocates and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997;
- Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Law 1990;
- Charities (Jersey) Law 2014;
- Civil Asset Recovery (International Co-operation) (Jersey) Law 2007;
- Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;
- Connétable s (Jersey) Law 2008;
- Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999;
- Corruption (Jersey) Law 2006;
- Education (Jersey) Law 1999;
- Extradition (Jersey) Law 2004;
- Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998;
- Gambling (Jersey) Law 2012;
- Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978;
- Postal Services (Jersey) Law 2004;
- Probate (Jersey) Law 1998;
- Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005;
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Jersey) Law 2005;
- Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010;
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2011; and
- Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984.
As indicated, these are only some examples.