West Linkspan Civil Works, Elizabeth Harbour: Jersey Harbours Trading Fund: Approval of Use

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A decision made 11 February 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2013-0008
Decision Summary Title:	West Linkspan civil works, Elizabeth Harbour		Date of Decision Summary:	7 February 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Financial Management, Accounting and Reporting		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	West Linkspan civil works, Elizabeth Harbour		Date of Written Report:	7 February 2013
Written Report Author:	Head of Financial Management, Accounting and Reporting		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1(a) (xi)
Subject: Approval for use of Jersey Harbours Trading Fund for West Linkspan civil works, Elizabeth Harbour.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the use of the Sterling equivalent of (€4,658,000 + £1,616,380) minus the approval already given of £2,975,000 (hedged as per TR-2013-DD010) from the Jersey Harbours Trading Fund for use on the West Linkspan civil works, Elizabeth Harbour.
Reason(s) for Decision: Regulation 22(2) of the Public Finances (Transitional Provisions) (No.2) (Jersey) Regulations 2005 provides that ‘money standing to the credit of the trading fund of a States trading operation may also be used, with the approval of the Minister [for Treasury and Resources], for a capital project if – (a) the amount approved by the States for the project as part of the annual business plan has proved to be insufficient; or (b) the project arises from a contingency that could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time the estimates of the States trading operation were submitted to the Minister in accordance with Article 8 of the 2005 Law for inclusion as part of an annual business plan.’
Resource Implications: The balance of the Jersey Harbours Trading Fund to decrease by the Sterling equivalent of (€4,658,000 + £1,616,380) minus the approval already given of £2,975,000 (hedged as per TR-2013-DD010), and the capital head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount.
Action required: Business Manager to notify Assistant Accountant, Financial Accounting and Group Financial Controller that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: