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Children (Jersey) Law 2002: Law Drafting Instructions

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A decision made on 7 July 2020

Ministerial decision reference: MD-H-2020-0010

 

Decision summary title: Children’s Law Reform – Instructions for Law Drafting

 

Decision summary author

Senior Policy Officer, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title: Children’s Law Reform

 

Report author or name of

person giving report

Senior Policy Officer, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision: The Minister authorised officers in Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance to instruct the Law Draftsman to draft legislation to amend the Children (Jersey) Law, 2002 to allow for the amendments proposed in the attached policy paper. The policy proposals described in the paper will form an omnibus amendment to the Children (Jersey) Law, 2002. Taken together these proposals will:

 

  • enable earlier assessment, support and intervention to promote and protect children’s wellbeing
  • establish a duty on government and key partners to deliver and plan services together
  • identify and define the role of the corporate parent
  • confer an entitlement for children to independent advocacy
  • further embed key principles set out in the UNCRC 

Resource implications: None as a consequence of this Decision.

 

Action required: Officers to instruct the Law Draftsman as required.

 

Signature

 

 

Position

Senator Sam Mézec

Minister for Children and Housing

Date signed

 

 

 

 

 

Effective date of the decision

 

 

 

 

 

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