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Civil Partnerships (Jersey) Law 201- Amendments to Associated Legislation

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A decision made 13 May 2011:

Decision Reference:            MD-HSS-2011-0019

Decision Summary Title :

Draft Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 201- Health and Social Services consequential law amendments

Date of Decision Summary:

11 May 2011

Decision Summary Author:

 

Assistant Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Management

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Oral

Person Giving

Oral Report:

Assistant Director, Ministerial Support

Written Report

Title :

n/a

Date of Written Report:

n/a

Written Report Author:

n/a

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

n/a

Subject:  Health and Social Services Legislation - Civil Partnership Law consequential amendments.

Decision(s):

In order to implement the Civil Partnerships (Jersey) Law 201- as per the States decision in October 2009 to adopt P136/2009, the Minister has accepted that changes must be made within the following  laws:

 

Adoption (Jersey) Law 1961

Children (Jersey) Law 2002

Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969

Nursing and Residential Homes (Jersey) Law 1994

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

The Chief Minister is to lodge the Draft Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 201-. For the Civil Partnerships (Jersey) Law 201- to be effective the following laws need to be amended in order to provide for civil partners, as far as is possible, to be treated in the same way as married couples.

 

Adoption (Jersey) Law 1961

Children (Jersey) Law 2002

Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969

Nursing and Residential Homes (Jersey) Law 1994

Resource Implications:

There are no new financial, property, ICT or human resources issues arising.

Action required:

The Chief Minister’s department will be informed of the Minister’s agreement.

 

Signature:

 

Position:

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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