Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008): Twelfth Amendment.

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A decision made (16/09/2008) regarding: Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008): Twelfth Amendment.

Decision Reference: MD-C-2008-0021
Decision Summary Title :	Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008): Twelfth Amendment		Date of Decision Summary:	09/09/08
Decision Summary Author:	Tom Le Feuvre		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 :	Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008): Twelfth Amendment		Date of Written Report:	08/09/08
Written Report Author:	Sue Duhamel		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Chief Minister’s Amendment to the Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008)
Decision(s): Further to the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on 4th September 2008, the Chief Minister agreed to lodge the following Amendment to the Annual Business Plan 2009 (P.113/2008): PAGE 2, PARAGRAPH (a) – In paragraph (a)(viii) after the words “pages 29 to 30” insert the words – “except that after success criterion (iv) in Objective 4 on page 30 there shall be inserted the following success criterion – ‘(v) Minimum service level for processing changes of circumstances relating to Income Support households occupying rental accommodation established.’
Reason(s) for Decision: This Amendment has been lodged by the Chief Minister less than 14 days before the start of the debate in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(5) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005. Paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 11 are in the following terms – A draft annual business plan is not capable of being amended during a debate in the States on the draft except in accordance with an amendment lodged at least 14 days before the start of the debate. Paragraph (4) does not apply to an amendment moved by the Chief Minister if the States agree that the amendment may be debated forthwith or at a time approved by the States. In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (5) the Chief Minister will seek the agreement of the States to debate this Amendment during the debate on the Annual Business Plan 2009. The rationale for lodging this Amendment is laid out in the attached report.
Resource Implications: Nil
Action required: Strategic Planning Manager to arrange for the Twelfth Amendment to the Annual Business Plan 2009 to be lodged au Greffe for debate by the States Assembly.
Signature:		Position: Senator Frank Walker, Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):