Aircraft Registration (Nationality and Registration Marks) (Jersey) Order 2015: Amendment: Law drafting instructions

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A decision made 14 October 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2016-0047
Decision Summary Title :	Law Drafting instructions for the amendment of the Aircraft Registration (Nationality and Registration Marks) (Jersey) Order 2015		Date of Decision Summary:	October 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Strategic Policy Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/a
Written Report Title :	Report for Law Drafting instructions for the amendment of the Aircraft Registration (Nationality and Registration Marks) (Jersey) Order 2015		Date of Written Report:	October 2016
Written Report Author:	Strategic Policy Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Formal instructions to the Law Draftsman to commence law drafting amendments to the Aircraft Registration (Nationality and Registration Marks) (Jersey) Order 2015 (the “Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks Order”) Article 1(2) Nationality and registration mark of aircraft registered in Jersey – amended to broaden the three letters between AAA-ZZZ to include I, O, and S in the offering, but that these letters shall not be included solely or as combinations in the series
Decision(s): The Minister formally requests the Law Draftsman to draft the requisite amendment to the made to the Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks Order.
Reason(s) for Decision: Many private and corporate aircraft owners are keen to have identifiable registration marks on their aircraft. Therefore, in order to maximise the potential appeal for the Jersey Aircraft Registry, amendments are required to the Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks Order in order to use the letters I, O and S in the three letter registration mark combination.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications in the law drafting of the requisite legislation.
Action required: The Law Draftsman to agree to commence drafting the requisite amendment to the Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks Order. The Minister to sign and date the Ministerial Decision and for it to be returned to the States Greffe
Signature: Senator L J Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)