Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR): Legal Costs: Request for contingency funding

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A decision made 23 July 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2012-0066
Decision Summary Title:	Request for contingency funding from Central Allocations for legal costs associated with the challenge to the proposed change to Low Value Consignment Relief		Date of Decision Summary:	20th July 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Financial Management, Reporting and Accounting		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Request for contingency funding from Central Allocations for legal costs associated with the challenge to the UK Government and the proposed change to Low Value Consignment Relief		Date of Written Report:	20th July 2012
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Financial Performance Reporting		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Request for contingency funding from the Provision for Central Reserves to the Treasury and Resources Department (T&R) for legal costs associated with the case against the UK government regarding the change to LVCR rules.
Decision(s): The Minister for Treasury and Resources approved a 2012 request for non-recurring contingency funding totalling £392,484.84 from the Provision for Central Reserves to T&R for legal costs associated with the challenge to the UK Government and the proposed change to Low Value Consignment Relief.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 2(6) of the Public Finances (Transitional Arrangements) (Jersey) Order 2011 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: The T&R revenue head of expenditure to increase by £392,484.84 and the T&R Provision for Central Reserves to decrease by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2012.
Action required: Head of Financial Management, Reporting and Accounting to notify the Assistant Accountant, Financial Accounting and Control, Head of Financial Planning and the Finance Manager, Financial Performance Reporting that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: