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Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999: Fees Order: Law Drafting Instructions

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A decision made on 23 June 2021

Ministerial decision reference: MD-HA-2021-0051

Decision summary title Law drafting instruction: Fees Order - Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999

Decision summary author

Customs Brexit Legal & Policy Principal

Is the decision summary public or exempt?  

Public

Report title Law drafting instruction: Fees Order - Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999

Report author or name of

person giving report

Customs Brexit Legal & Policy Principal

Is the report public or exempt?

Exempt

Article 35 of FOI Law

Decision and reason for the decision

The Assistant Minister for Home Affairs decided to issue instructions for law drafting to commence on a Fees Order to provide for fees to be charged in specified circumstances in connection with the importation of goods.

 

On the 26th November 2018, the UK Government and Government of Jersey entered into an Arrangement concerning the establishment and operation of the United Kingdom-Crown Dependencies customs union (“the customs union”).

 

Paragraph 10 of the Arrangement requires the members of the customs union to keep their Customs Law correspondent with that of the United Kingdom and to legislate to maintain that correspondence whenever necessary - in particular, when changes are made in relevant United Kingdom Customs Law.

 

The EU Legislation (Customs Union, Import and Export Control) (Amendment of Law (Jersey) Order 2020, provided the power for the Minister for Home Affairs to prescribe fees by Order for the exercise of functions connected with import duty; and ensure that the Government of Jersey corresponds with the Arrangement.

 

These law drafting instructions enable the Minister for Home Affairs to charge fees in specified circumstances and correspond to UK provisions.

Resource implications:  There are no financial or manpower implications arising from this decision.

Action required: The Legislative Drafter is requested to arrange for the preparation of the necessary legislation to give effect to the Law drafting instruction set out in the Report.

Signature

 

 

Position

Deputy Gregory Guida

Assistant Minister for Home Affairs

Date signed

 

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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