States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 12 May 2017:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2017-0059
Decision summary title States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-
Decision summary author	Director, Corporate Policy, Chief Minister’s Department	Is the decision summary public or exempt?	Public
Report title States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-
Report author or name of person giving report	Director, Corporate Policy, Chief Minister’s Department	Is the report public or exempt?	Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister approved MD-C-2016-0122 on the 2nd December, 2016, requesting that the Law Draftsman draft Regulations under Article 29 of the States of Jersey Law 2005 to transfer of legislative functions (the Food Safety (Jersey) Law 1996 and the Statutory Nuisance Law (Jersey) 1999) from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Minister for the Environment. This was done further to the transfer of the budget from the Department for Health and Social Services to the Department for the Environment by Ministerial Decision dated 18th April, 2016 (MD-PE-2016-0053). As explained in that decision, this was done recognising the natural synergies between the work of the Department for the Environment and the environmental health team, including close working between the environmental health and pollution control teams, and the States Veterinary team around food safety, and the ability to bring efficiencies through shared working, including regulatory and enforcement visits, development of shared IT systems, and shared knowledge and experience between the teams. Accordingly, the Chief Minister approved the draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 200-.
Resource implications The budget for the transferred functions was transferred from the Department for Health and Social Services to the Department for the Environment by Ministerial Decision dated 18th April, 2016 (MD-PE-2016-0053). There are no further resource implications arising from the States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 200-.
Action required That the Greffier of the States be requested to arrange for the draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 9) (Health and Social Services to Environment) (Jersey) Regulations 200- be lodged au Greffe for debate by the States Assembly at the earliest opportunity.
Signature		Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister
Date signed		Effective date of the decision