Budget transfer from Limes Upgrade Project to Central Contingencies and Consolidated Fund

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A decision made 17 November 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0138
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Unspent Capital Allocations to Central Contingencies		Date of Decision Summary:	14th November 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Financial performance		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Transfer of Unspent Capital Allocations to Central Contingencies		Date of Written Report:	14th November 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Financial Performance		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: A non-recurring transfer of £5,758,418 from the Capital Heads of Expenditure (as detailed in the attached report) to Central Contingencies and £1,000,000 to be returned to the Consolidated Fund from the Limes Upgrade capital project.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve a non-recurring transfer of £5,758,418 from the Capital Heads of Expenditure to Central Contingencies and £1,000,000 to be returned to the Consolidated Fund from the Limes Upgrade capital project. In addition the Minister delegated authority to the Treasurer to approve the transfer of any further unspent capital allocations to Central Contingencies in future.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be transferred from the head of expenditure to contingency expenditure, within or after the end of the relevant financial year. There is one exception, being the £1.0 million for the Limes Upgrade project which was a conditional contribution from the Le Seelleur Trust in the Budget 2013. The funding was not transferred from the Le Seelleur Trust pending the progress of the project so the £1.0 million must therefore be returned to the Consolidated Fund. The remaining balance is proposed to be transferred to Central Contingencies. Under Article 28 (1) of the States of Jersey Law 2005 a Minister may delegate, wholly or partly, functions conferred upon them by any Law to either an Assistant Minister or an officer. An updated Delegation of Functions report will be published shortly to replace the existing Delegation of Functions (R.87/2016) dated August 2016 to enable the Treasurer of the States to approve the transfer of any further unspent capital allocations to Central Contingencies.
Resource Implications: This decision will result in the Capital Heads of expenditure decreasing by £6,758,418 and Central Contingencies increasing by £5,758,418 and the Consolidated Fund increasing by £1,000,000. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Head of Financial Performance once this decision has been approved. The Greffier of the States to be requested to arrange for the updated delegation report to be presented to the States at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: