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Make Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 23) (Jersey) Order 2019

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A decision made on 16 May 2019

Decision Reference: MD-S-2019-0036

Decision Summary Title :

Make Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 23) (Jersey) Order 2019

Date of Decision Summary:

1 May 2019

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Make Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 23) (Jersey) Order 2019

Date of Written Report:

1 May 2019

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject: Make Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 23) (Jersey) Order 2019-

Decision(s): The Minister made the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 23) (Jersey) Order 2019

Reason(s) for Decision: This Order clarifies and modernises the way that the Income Support Law defines when adults are in a permanent (marriage-type or civil partnership-type) relationship with one another. It updates the legislation to make the decision-making framework clearer, fairer and easier for officers to apply consistently.

 

Resource Implications:  no resource implications for this change

Action required: Policy Principal to notify the Greffier of the States and the Principal Legislative Drafter that the Order has been made so that it may be notified to the States, and forward the signed and sealed Order immediately to the States Greffe for publication and archiving.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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