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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Membership extension - law drafting instructions

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A decision made on 3 May 2017:

Ministerial Decision Reference:  MD-ER-2017-0017

Decision Summary Title :

Request for law drafting - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Date of Decision Summary:

21 April 2017

Decision Summary Author:

 

Head of International Compliance

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank:  

Proposal to extend UK membership to Jersey

Date of Written Report:

15 February 2017

Written Report Author:

Head of International Compliance

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Exempt: FOI (Qualified Exemption) - Article 35: Formulation and development of policies

Subject:   Request for law drafting time - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Reason for Decision:

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a Chinese initiative, which supports infrastructure building in the Asia-Pacific region. The AIIB has over 50 members including Australia, India, France, Germany and the UK.

Jersey now has the opportunity to join the AIIB by having the UK’s membership extended. This supports the work that the Government of Jersey has been doing in recent years to establish a positive relationship with the People’s Republic China, through the creation of political, economic and cultural links. Building relationships with countries around the world is an important part of the Government’s strategy for promoting economic growth and supporting new and existing jobs in the island.

Decision:

The Minister decided to request law-drafting time for the legislative amendments needed to enable extension of the UK’s membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to Jersey.

Resource Implications:  There are no resource implications arising from this legislation.

Action required:

External Relations shall –

Request the Law Draftsman to draft the necessary legislative amendments to enable Jersey to formally request extension of the UK’s membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

 

 

 

 

Signature:

Position: 

Minister for External Relations

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

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