Budget transfer from Central Planning Vote for Office Modernisation Project

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A decision made 25 January 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2016-0008
Decision Summary Title:	Public Sector Reform –allocation from Restructuring Provision		Date of Decision Summary:	18 January 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Finance and Information Manager – Jersey Property Holdings		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Public Sector Reform –allocation from Restructuring Provision		Date of Written Report:	18 January 2016
Written Report Author:	Finance and Information Manager – Jersey Property Holdings		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The creation of a new capital head of expenditure entitled Office Modernisation Project and a budget transfer of £350,000 from the Central Planning Vote to the newly created Office Modernisation Project to enable feasibility work to be undertaken.
Decision(s): The Minister for Infrastructure accepted the creation of a new capital head of expenditure entitled Office Modernisation Project and a budget transfer into the newly created Office Modernisation Project head of expenditure of £350,000 from the Central Planning Vote to enable feasibility work to be undertaken.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Council of Ministers agreed that £350,000 should be transferred from the Central Planning Vote to the Office Modernisation Project to enable feasibility to be undertaken on the early stages of the project. The Minister, with reference to the Council of Ministers agreement of this funding on 22 July 2015 in support of the Office Modernisation Project, accepted a budget transfer of £350,000 from the Restructuring Provision under Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 as amended: All or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister – (a) be transferred from a revenue head of expenditure to a capital head of expenditure, or vice versa, in order to comply with accounting standards issued for the purposes of Article 32(2); (b) be transferred from one head of expenditure to another head of expenditure consequentially upon a transfer of functions by Regulations made under Article 29 of the States of Jersey Law 2005[49]; or (c) be transferred from one head of expenditure to another head of expenditure for any purpose not mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).[50]
Resource Implications: The Central Planning Vote will decrease by £350,000 and the newly created Office Modernisation Project capital head of expenditure will increase by £350,000. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2016 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: Finance and Information Manager to forward a signed copy of the Ministerial Decision to Treasury.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: