Aviation Security Regulator: Extension of contract

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A decision made on 9 February 2015:

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-ER-2015-0009
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Aviation security regulation
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	External Relations	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT?		Public
REPORT TITLE: Contract for services – Aviation Security Regulator
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	External Relations	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT		EXEMPT – QE Art 33 Commercial interests
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for External Relations agreed to extend the contract for an Aviation Security Regulator for a further 5 years. Jersey has an international obligation as set out under Annex 17 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, to take measures to prevent and suppress all acts of unlawful interference against civil aviation. The current contract for aviation security regulation between the Commerce and Employment Department, States of Guernsey, and the Minister for External Relations, Jersey, is due to expire on 19 February 2015. The Aviation Security Regulator is part of the Office of the Channel Islands Director of Civil Aviation (DCA), and also acts as Deputy DCA. The current contract arrangement for aviation security regulation, with costs shared equally between Guernsey and Jersey, has been highly successful and cost-effective, and it is proposed that the arrangement should be extended for a further five years.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: The cost of the contract for aviation security regulation is covered by the existing licence fee for the regulation of Jersey airport, and extension of the contract is not an additional cost.
ACTION REQUIRED: The Chief Officer, External Relations and Constitutional Affairs, is authorised to sign the contract for aviation security regulation with the Guernsey Commerce and Employment Department, to extend the arrangement for a further 5 years, for and on behalf of the Minister for External Relations.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION:

DATE SIGNED			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION