Budget transfer: Reallocation of Transport and Technical Services Infrastructure Vote

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A decision made 27 February 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2012-0018
Decision Summary Title:	Reallocation of the TTS Infrastructure works rolling annual vote to one off major infrastructure projects		Date of Decision Summary:	06 February 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Reallocation of the TTS Infrastructure works rolling annual vote to one off major infrastructure projects		Date of Written Report:	06 February 2012
Written Report Author:	Business Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: 2012 budget transfer totalling £3,700,000 from the Transport and Technical Services Infrastructure works rolling annual vote to the Phillips Street Shaft, the Ash Waste Storage Cell and the Replacement Asset Capital heads of expenditure.
Decision(s): The Minister approved budget transfers totalling £3,700,000 from the Transport and Technical Services Infrastructure works rolling annual vote to the Phillips Street Shaft, the Ash Waste Storage Cell and the Replacement Asset Capital heads of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 15(1)(a) 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 & Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: The Transport and Technical Services Infrastructure works rolling annual vote to decrease by £3,700,000 in 2012 and the projects listed above to increase in total, by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Transport and Technical Services Capital Accountant and the Head of Financial Performance Reporting that the transfer has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: