Airport Duty Executive / Acting Airport Director.

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A decision made (03/04/2007) regarding: Airport Duty Executive / Acting Airport Director.

Subject:	Airport Duty Executive / Acting Airport Director
Decision Reference:	MD-E-2007-0084		Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?			Report File ref:
Written report – Title	Jersey Airport – Airport Duty Executive / Acting Airport Director
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Julian Green Airport Director
Decision(s): to appoint a fifth Airport Duty Officer / Acting Airport Director under Article 2 of the Aerodromes (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1952, as amended, to deputise for the Airport Director when the Airport Director is not on duty or out of the Island. The person so appointed shall, when so deputising have the same powers and be subject to the same duties as the Airport Director.
Reason(s) for decision: The Minister for Economic Development has recognised that the Airport Director cannot be on duty 24 hours a day for every day of the year and has allowed him to appoint a number of Airport Duty Executive Officers / Acting Airport Directors. Mr Phil Wells no longer retains Powers due to his transfer to the Chief Minister’s Department. Acting Airport Director’s and Airport Duty Executives will be Mr S Read, Mr J Snowdon, Mr J Buckley, Mr J Shilliday and Mrs Sandra Sawyer. Mr R Mayne takes on Airport Duty Executive duties but is now sworn in to taken on Acting Airport Director’s powers.
Action required: Arrangements to be made for Mrs Sandra Sawyer to take Oath before the Royal Court as one of the officers appointed to depute for the Airport Director in pursuance of its powers under Article 2(2) and Article 2(3) of the Aerodromes (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1952, as amended, with effect from Friday 13 April 2007.
Signature: Deputy Alan Maclean Assistant Minister for Economic Development		Date of Decision: 3 April 2007