Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Board Member

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A decision made 19 July 2010 regarding: Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Board Member.

Decision Reference: MD-E-2010-0124
Decision Summary Title :	Appointment of John Curran to the Board of the Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority (JCRA)		Date of Decision Summary:	14 July 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Regulatory Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Appointment of John Curran to the Board of the Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority (JCRA)		Date of Written Report:	14 July 2010
Written Report Author:	Director of Regulatory Services		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Board Member – Mr John Curran
Decision(s): The Minister appointed Mr John Curran to the Board of the JCRA under powers conferred by Article 3(1)(b) of the Competition and Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001. The period of appointment is 1st October 2010 until 31st January 2013. The Minister agreed to notify the States of the appointment in accordance with Article 3 of the Law.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister must appoint members of the JCRA Board after having first discussed such appointment with the Chairman of the Authority.
Resource Implications: The Authority is funded via licence fees and a grant from the department to administer the Competition Law. No additional funding or resources are required as a consequence of this decision.
Action required: Report to be presented to the States Assembly to inform members of Mr Curran’s appointment in accordance with Article 3 of the Law. Inform the JCRA that the Minister is content to appoint Mr Curran and request that they prepare the necessary paperwork.
Signature: Senator A.J.H.Maclean		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority: Appointment of Board Member

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Appointment of John Curran to the Board of the JCRA under Article 3(1)(b) of the Competition and Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001.

Under Article 3(3) of the Competition Regulatory Authority (Jersey) Law 2001, the Minister for Economic Development is required to notify the States of appointments of members of the Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority (JCRA).

The Minister has appointed Mr John Curran to the Board of the JCRA, with effect from 1st October 2010 until 31st January 2013. Mr Curran was appointed Executive Director of the JCRA on a contract for services after discussion between the Authority and the Appointment’s Commission and the States were informed by Ministerial Statement on July 6th 2010.

John Curran is currently the Director General of the Office of Utility Regulation (OUR) in Guernsey and was appointed to that position in February 2005. He was previously Director of Regulation with the OUR since April 2003 and prior to this worked as Regulatory Adviser with Telstra, the Australian telecoms incumbent. During 2001 Mr Curran spent six months working as a Regulatory Consultant with the OUR in its start-up phase, helping to design and implement the new regulatory framework.

During his career, Mr Curran has spent four years with the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (now ComReg) in Ireland and the Irish Regulatory Agency for Telecommunications and Post, where he was Regulatory Manager with the Market Operations Division during the liberalisation of the telecoms market. From 1999, he directed the international work of the ODTR with other National Regulatory Agencies and with the European Commission on the new regulatory framework in Europe.

The opportunity to increase co-operation between Jersey and Guernsey in the areas of competition and utility regulation is an unprecedented one and for this reason the Chairman and the Minister agree that it is in the best interests both of the JCRA and the wider Jersey economy that he be appointed.

Director of Regulatory Services

14th July 2010