Delegation of Ministerial authority to make special payments under Article 8(2) and Article 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007.

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A decision made (03/06/2009) regarding: Delegation of Ministerial authority to make special payments under Article 8(2) and Article 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2009-0033
Decision Summary Title :	Delegation of Ministerial Discretion		Date of Decision Summary:	2 June 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Sue Duhamel, Policy and Strategy Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Sue Duhamel, Policy and Strategy Director
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	N/A
Subject: Delegation of Ministerial authority to make special payments under Article 8(2) and Article 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to delegate to Deputy A.E. Jeune, Assistant Minister for Social Security, the authority to make special payments under Article 8(2) and Article 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 during a period of his absence from the Island.
Reason(s) for Decision: Articles 8(2) and 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 provide for the Minister to make special payments to individuals in exceptional circumstances. Such payments may need to be made to deal with an emergency situation. The Minister is out of the Island from 4 to 25 June 2009. To avoid undue delay in making payments in these situations, the authority has been delegated during this period.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications.
Action required: Deputy A.E. Jeune, Assistant Minister for Social Security will make special payments under Article 8(2) and Article 8(3) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 as required during the Minister’s absence. Officers to forward necessary information to the Publications Editor of States Greffe in order that the matter could be presented to the States as part of the ‘R’ series.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):