Fire and Rescue Service: Fee Increases: Various Orders

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A decision made 16 January 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2015-0009
Decision Summary Title :	Fire and Rescue Service fees Orders		Date of Decision Summary:	15 January 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		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 :	Fire and Rescue Service fees Orders		Date of Written Report:	15 January 2015
Written Report Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Fire and Rescue Service fees Orders.
Decision(s): The Minister made the Petroleum (Licensing) (Fees) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015; the Fire and Rescue Service (Charges) (Amendment No.2) (Jersey) Order 2015 and the Fire Precautions (Fees) (Amendment No.3) (Jersey) Order 2015.
Reason(s) for Decision: To enable the Department to increase the fees payable for fire certificates; the provision of technical fire safety advice; the provision of humanitarian services; the charge for attending a malfunctioning automatic fire alarm; and the fees payable under the Petroleum (Licensing) (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2012, in line with the States Anti-Inflation Strategy, detailed in FD4.1: Increases in States’ Fees and Charges.
Resource Implications: None other than those detailed in the report that accompanied the Decision to request the drafting of the Orders (MD-HA-2015-0002).
Actions required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to notify the Publications Editor at the States Greffe that the Orders have been made and to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the making of the Orders to be notified to the States.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):