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New Official Analyst Law: Law Drafting instructions

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A deciison made on 21 September 2021

Ministerial decision reference: MD-C-2021-0079

Decision summary title:

New Official Analyst Law – 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:  

Law Drafting Instructions: New Official Analyst Law

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 Chief Minister authorised officers in the Department for Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance to liaise with the Principal Legislative Drafter to request the preparation of draft legislation.

 

Law drafting is required to provide for the office of the Official Analyst and associated functions in a new standalone law.  It will establish the professional independence of the Official Analyst and include a duty on the States to fund his or her office.

 

The Official Analyst is currently provided for under the Food Safety (Jersey) Law 1966.  This Law is due to be repealed.

 

Resource implications: There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.

Action required

Senior Policy Officer, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance to liaise with the Principal Legislative Drafter to request that legislation to provide for the office of the Official Analyst be drafted.

Signature

 

 

Position

Senator John Le Fondré

Chief Minister

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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