Charities Law: Central Contingency Funding Request

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A decision made 27 February 2015:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2015-0029
Decision summary title Charities Law – Central Contingency Funding Request
Decision summary author	Finance Manager, Corporate Group	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Charities Law – Central Contingency Funding Request
Report author or name of person giving report	Finance Manager, Corporate Group	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision Central Contingency (one-off) funding request to support the management costs of the Charities (Jersey) Law for 2015. Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The Council of Ministers at their meeting of the 26th June 2013 discussed the proposals for a 3-phased approach to the development of Jersey charities and a proportionate, supportive regulatory regime for charities and it was noted that the 2014 and 2015 management costs associated with the law and regulation were not included in the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2013-2015 and that funding would need to be provided possibly from Central Contingency. The States Assembly approved on the 18th July 2014 P.108/2014 – Draft Charities (Jersey) Law. The proposition stated the following: - “The costs for 2014 and 2015 will be met from Central Contingency provisions (£307,000 in 2014 and £222,000 2015). Management costs for 2016 onwards will need to be included in the next MFTP planning process”. £70,000 was drawn down from Central Contingency funding in 2014 under MD-C-2014-0144, which also stated that other charities law contingency funds would be transferred as and when required during 2015.
Resource implications The Chief Minister’s Department’s revenue head of expenditure to increase by £89,000 in 2015 and the Central Contingency (one-off) to decrease by the identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2013 to 2015.
Action required Research and Project Officer to notify the Finance Manager – Corporate Group that the decision has been approved.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision