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A decision made (13/07/2009) regarding: Housing Licences - Policy Statement.

Decision Reference: MD-H-2009-0061
Decision Summary Title :	General Statement of Policy (2009) in relation to: Housing (Jersey) Law 1949 in relation to (j) category licences.		Date of Decision Summary:	12/06/09
Decision Summary Author:	Paul Bradbury, Director, Population Office		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 :	General Policy Statement (2009) Amendments and General Statement of Policy (2009) in relation to : Regulation of Undertakings and Developments (Jersey) Law, 1973 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Regulation of Undertakings & Development Law’) and Housing (Jersey) Law 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Housing Law’) in relation to (j) category licences (‘(j)’)		Date of Written Report:	12/06/09
Written Report Author:	Senior Manager, Business Assessment and Licensing, and Director, Population Office		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Housing (Jersey) Law 1949 – Updated General Policy Statement, in particular in respect of policies for 1(1)(j) consents.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the General Policy Statement (2009) and in particular the sections relating to the application of the Housing (Jersey) Law 1949.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister considered it appropriate to be more expansive as to how 1(1(j) decisions are made, in particular, the types of criteria that are considered relevant when assessing 1(1)(j) applications, and in doing so, considered it appropriate to substantially adopt the same criteria as applied by the Economic Development Minister when determining applications for non locally qualified employees under the Regulation of Undertakings and Developments Law, 1973. The Minister considered it appropriate to increase the transparency around the decision making process, and provide more guidance to businesses as to actual practise. The Minister also considered it beneficial to align the 1(1)(j) criteria and the Regulation of Undertakings and Development criteria as part of the overall objective of aligning the various existing migration mechanisms in a manner consistent with States approved Migration Policy (P25/2005, Migration: Monitoring and Regulation, P25/2005).
Resource Implications: None.
Action required: Population Office officers to publish the amended policy statement.
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Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):