Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992.

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A decision made (16/04/2008) regarding: Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2008-0023
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992		Date of Decision Summary:	14 April 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Sue Duhamel Policy and Strategy Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Sue Duhamel Policy and Strategy Director
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)
Subject: Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992
Decision(s): The Minister decided to amend the Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992 to allow the membership of the Council to be increased to a maximum of a chairman plus eight members and accordingly requested the Law Draftsman to prepare the necessary draft legislation.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Social Security Advisory Council since its constitution has found that because of the range of responsibilities there is a need to increase its membership. Following a recruitment process, the Council identified four individuals who could all provide a valuable contribution to the Council. The Chairman has therefore requested the Minister to increase the membership by a further two members. This will also allow for Succession planning across three-year terms A spread of subject matters across the membership
Resource Implications: There are no manpower or resource implications.
Action required: Instruct the Law Draftsman to amend Article 2 of the Social Security Advisory Council (Jersey) Order 1992 replacing the phrase “not fewer than three, nor more than six members” with the phrase “not fewer than four, nor more than eight members”.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):