Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: Members: Re-Appointment

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A decision made 28 April 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2014-0028
Decision Summary Title :	CICB Re-appointment of members		Date of Decision Summary:	17 April 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	CICB – proposed re-appointment of 2 lay members		Date of Written Report:	17 April 2014
Written Report Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Criminal Injuries Compensation Board – re-appointment of two lay members.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to re-appoint Dr. G. Llewellin for a further period of up to 4 years from 1 May 2014 and to re-appoint Mr. M.A. Payne for a further period of 12 months. The Minister also decided to request the HR Manager to run a recruitment campaign for legally qualified and lay members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) in time to replace those members whose terms of office expire on 30 April 2015 and who will have served in excess of 10 years at that point in time.
Reason(s) for Decision: The terms of office of Dr Llewellin and Mr Payne as lay members of the CICB are due to expire on 30 April 2014. Both wish to remain in post and the Chairman is happy for them to stay on. Dr Llewellin has already served for 6 years and Mr Payne for 13 years. Rather than run a recruitment campaign at this juncture, it was felt preferable to wait until next year when several other members’ terms of office will expire. The Appointments Commission have indicated that they are happy for Mr Payne to continue to serve although he has exceeded 10 years in post, which is the maximum that they normally suggest.
Resource Implications: Nil.
Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to notify the Secretary to the CICB of the re-appointments and the HR Manager to organise a recruitment campaign in late 2014 or early 2015 for the CICB.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: Members: Re-Appointment

Report

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board – proposed re-appointment of 2 lay members

Introduction

The current terms of office of Mr Michael Payne and Dr Gwyn Llewellin as lay members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) are due to come to an end on 30 April 2014.

Background

Under paragraph 2 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, it states that members of the CICB are appointed by the Minister and shall hold office for five years in the first instance and their appointment shall be renewable for such periods as the Minister may think appropriate.

The Jersey Appointments Commission Code of Practice for Appointments to Autonomous and Quasi-Autonomous Public Bodies and Tribunals states at 5.2.1 in relation to total period in post, ‘..it is recommended that the term of office of a member should not exceed 10 years. In some circumstances, however, it might be appropriate to exceed that limit. On these occasions, this should be confirmed with the Appointments Commission’.

In February 2012 the Minister met with the Chairman of the Appointments Commission to discuss a number of issues concerning the appointments process and length of appointment for legally qualified and lay members of the CICB. At that time, as some members of the CICB had been in post for in excess of 10 years, it was agreed to stagger the terms of appointment and a schedule of extensions was agreed.

This schedule of extensions was formally agreed by way of Ministerial Decision (MD-HA-2012-0046). Mr Payne’s period in office was extended by 2 years, ending in April 2014, as was Dr Llewellin’s.

Current situation

By the time Dr Llewellin’s current term of office expires on 30 April 2014, he will have completed 6 years in post. The Chairman is happy for him to continue to be a member of the CICB and he is also happy to remain in post. His term of office has not exceeded 10 years so it would be appropriate to re-appoint him for a further period of up to 4 years.

By the time Mr Payne’s current term of office expires on 30 April 2014, he will have completed 13 years in post and is the longest serving lay member of the CICB. The Chairman is happy for him to continue to be a member of the CICB and he is also happy to remain in post. However, he has already exceeded 10 years in post, which is the maximum suggested by the Appointments Commission.

This notwithstanding, there are current legally qualified members of the CICB who will have served for in excess of 20 years by the time their period in office falls due for renewal. With the exception of Dr Llewellin, there are no other members of the CICB whose term of office falls due for renewal at the end of April 2014.

In line with the terms of office that are set out in the matrix that was attached to MD-HA-2012-0046 there will be 3 legally qualified members of the CICB and one lay member of the CICB whose terms of office expire in April 2015. At that time there will need to be a recruitment drive to find replacements, as the legally qualified members whose terms of office expire then will have served 16, 21 and 23 years respectively. The lay member whose term of office expires at the same time will have served 10 years. Consequently, that may be an opportune time to also advertise for replacement lay members.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister re-appoints Dr Llewellin for a further period of up to 4 years from 1 May 2014 and that he re-appoints Mr Payne for 12 months from 1 May 2014. The Appointments Commission have been consulted and have agreed to the re-appointment of Mr Payne for a further 12 months.

It is further recommended that he requests the HR Manager to prepare a recruitment campaign for legally qualified and lay members of the CICB to be appointed in time to replace those members of the CICB whose terms of office expire on 30 April 2015 and who will have served in excess of 10 years at that point in time.

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

17 April 2014