Jersey Legal
Information Board (Incorporation) Law 2004
A LAW to incorporate the Jersey Legal
Information Board and for connected purposes.
Adopted by the
States 8th June 2004
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 27th July 2004
Registered by the
Royal Court 27th
August 2004
WHEREAS the Jersey Legal Information Board was established as an
unincorporated body in 1998;
AND WHEREAS the
membership of the Jersey Legal Information Board comprises the Bailiff, who is
the chairman, the Attorney General, an elected member of the States appointed
by the Finance and Economics Committee, the Judicial Greffier, the Greffier of
the States and the Law Draftsman and such other members as they may from time
to time co-opt;
AND WHEREAS the objects
of the Jersey Legal Information Board include the promotion of the accessibility
of the written law and legal processes to the public and of an integrated and
efficient legal system, through the use of information technology and by other
means;
AND WHEREAS it is
desirable that the Jersey Legal Information Board shall now be incorporated –
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her
Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law “Board” means the Jersey Legal Information
Board incorporated by Article 2(1).
2 Incorporation
(1) The
Jersey Legal Information Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual
existence in the person of its members present and future.
(2) The
Board shall have –
(a) the
right to use a seal to authenticate all deeds, contracts, agreements and
undertakings;
(b) the
right to take, acquire, hold and possess movable and immovable property of
whatsoever kind and to accept, hold and possess grants, gifts and bequests,
movable and immovable, of whatsoever kind, which may be made to it, and to
lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the said property;
(c) the
right to appear before all courts and tribunals; and
(d) the
right to exercise generally all the powers and functions of a natural person,
the whole through the intermediary of its officers or other persons
authorized to that effect by the Board.
3 Membership
(1) The
Board shall consist of the Bailiff, the Attorney General, an elected member of
the States appointed by the Finance and Economics Committee, the Judicial
Greffier, the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman, and such other
persons as they may from time to time co-opt.
(2) The
Bailiff shall be the chairman of the Board.
4 Objects
The objects of the Board shall include the promotion of the accessibility of the written
law and legal processes to the public and of an integrated and efficient legal
system, through the use of information technology and by other means.
5 Finance
(1) The
Board may make charges for the provision of information and other services by
it in pursuance of its objects.
(2) The
Board shall consult with the Finance and Economics Committee before determining
any such charges.
(3) The
Board may retain the income arising from such charges and apply it in pursuance
of any of its objects.
(4) As
soon as may be practicable after the end of a year, the Board shall present its
accounts and a report of its activities for that year to the Finance and
Economics Committee.
6 Liability
(1) No
person or body to whom this Article applies shall be liable in damages for
anything done or omitted in the discharge of any functions under this Law,
unless it is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith.
(2) This
Article applies to the Board, any member of the Board, or any person who is an
officer of the Board or acting with the authority of the Board.
7 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Jersey Legal Information Board
(Incorporation) Law 2004 and shall come into force on the seventh day following
its registration.
A.H. HARRIS
Deputy Greffier of the States.