Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Chair

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A decision made on 15 June 2020

Decision Reference: MD-C-2020-0049
Decision Summary Title:	Appointment of JCRA Chair	Date of Decision Summary:		11 June 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Competition Policy Advisor	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written	Person Giving Oral Report:		N/A
Report Title:	Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Chair	Date of Written Report:		11 June 2020
Written Report Author:	Competition Policy Advisor	Written Report: Public or Exempt?		Public
Subject: Intended appointment of Ms Stephanie Liston as Chair of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority
Decision and reason for the decision: The Chief Minister approved the Report notifying the States that Ms Liston is to be appointed as Chair of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (“JCRA”) for a term of 4 years commencing on 1 July 2020. The Chief Minister intends to appoint Ms Liston as Chair of the JCRA under powers conferred by Article 3(1)(a) of the Competition Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001 (“the Law”). Article 3(3) of the Law provides that Article 2 of the States of Jersey (Appointment Procedures) (Jersey) Law 2018 applies to the appointment of the Chair of the JCRA. In accordance with Article 2 of that law, the Chief Minister directed that the States be notified of the intended appointment, at least 2 weeks before the appointment is made.
Resource implications Fees payable to the Chair of the JCRA are sourced from the Annual Grant (£300,000 in 2020) made to the Authority to administer the Competition (Jersey) Law 2005 as well as from the JCRA’s own accounts. There are no other financial or manpower implications for the Government of Jersey.
Action required The Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the attached Report to be presented to the States as an ‘R’ to inform members of the Chief Minister’s intention to appoint Ms Liston as JCRA Chair in accordance with Article 3 of the Law.
Signature Senator John Le Fondré			Position Chief Minister
Date signed			Effective date of the Decision