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Asset Sharing Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey with the Government of the Republic of Kenya: Authorisation to sign

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A decision made on 23 July 2021

Decision Reference:  MD-TR-2021-0086

 

Decision Summary Title:

Authorisation to sign an Asset Sharing Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey with the Government of the Republic of Kenya

Date of Decision Summary:

22/07/2021

Decision Summary Author:

Principal External Relations Officer

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

N/A

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

N/A

Date of Written Report:

N/A

Written Report Author:

N/A

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

N/A

Subject:

Authorisation to sign an Asset Sharing Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey with the Government of the Republic of Kenya

 

Decision(s):

The Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources agreed to the execution of the Asset Sharing Agreement, noting that the Attorney General had been consulted, and authorised the Attorney General, to the extent necessary, to enter into that Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: 

On the 20th June 2018, the Council of Ministers approved officers from the Ministry of External Relations to take the necessary action to engage with the Government of Kenya on an Asset Sharing Agreement, as part of a multilateral framework to return confiscated assets derived from crime and corruption, to Kenya.

The agreement follows on from the Preliminary Asset Sharing Agreement that was signed with the Government of Kenya in 2017 and seeks to return £3 million in confiscated funds to the people of Kenya to combat COVID-19.

The Minister for Treasury and Resources gave her consent for the entering into this Asset Sharing Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Kenya in December 2018 in MD-TR-2018-0143.

In order to be able to sign this Agreement, The Attorney General requires a mandate from the Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources, Pursuant to Article 24 of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999. This decision provides that mandate and authorises the Attorney General to enter into that Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey.

Resource Implications:

There are no financial or manpower implications as a direct result of this decision.

Action required:

Principal External Relations Officer to notify the Attorney General that authorisation to sign the proposed Asset Sharing Agreement on behalf of the Government of Jersey with the Government of the Republic of Kenya has been approved, and to proceed to signing.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Senator I.J Gorst

Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources

 

 

Date Signed:

Date of Decision:

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