Control of Housing
and Work (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2013
Made 24th June 2013
Coming into force 1st
July 2013
THE CHIEF MINISTER, in pursuance of Articles 3(3), 26(3), 31 and 44 of the Control of
Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
(1) In
this Order –
“Law” means the
Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012[2];
“non-profit undertaking”
means any of the following –
(a) an
organization which falls within the definition “non-profit
organization” in Article 1 of the Non-Profit Organizations (Jersey)
Law 2008[3] (whether or not it is
registered under that Law);
(b) a
States funded body as defined in the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005[4];
(c) a
parish;
“non-resident hawker”
means a hawker who –
(a) is
not ordinarily resident in Jersey; or
(b) does
not have any permanent business premises in Jersey;
“non-resident undertaking”
means an undertaking where –
(a) if only
one person works for the undertaking, that person is not ordinarily resident in
Jersey; or
(b) if
more than one person works for the undertaking, all or the majority of the
persons working in or for the undertaking are not ordinarily resident in
Jersey;
“Regulations” means
the Control of Housing and Work (Residential and Employment Status) (Jersey) Regulations 2013[5].
(2) In
this Order, references to a residential and employment status are to that
status as determined in accordance with the Regulations.
2 Fee
to accompany an application for a registration card
(1) The
fee to accompany an application for a registration card by a person who has
Licensed or Registered status is £35 if –
(a) prior
to the application, the person has never been issued with a registration card;
and
(b) at
any time prior to the date that the Law came into force the person had a social
security number given to the person by the Department for Social Security in
Jersey (regardless of whether or not the person was an insured person under the
Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[6] at the time the number was
given).
(2) The
fee to accompany an application for a registration card by a person who has
Licensed or Registered status is £75 if –
(a) prior
to the application, the person has never been issued with a registration card;
and
(b) paragraph (1)(b)
does not apply to that person.
(3) Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), no fee shall be payable under either of those
paragraphs if, at the time of the application, the person has not attained the
age of 19 years.
(4) The
fee to accompany an application for a registration card by a person who has
been granted Entitled status under Regulation 2(1)(e) of the Regulations is
£5,000 if –
(a) prior
to the application the person has never been granted Entitled status under Regulation 2(1)(e)
and issued with a registration card recording Entitled status; and
(b) the
person was not ordinarily resident in Jersey for a continuous period of 3 months
or more immediately before the date that the Law came into force.
3 Fee
to accompany an application for a business licence
The fee to accompany an application for a business licence by a
non-resident undertaking is –
(a) £1,500,
if the application is for the undertaking to operate in Jersey for more than 90 days
in any 12 month period; or
(b) £500,
if the application is for the undertaking to operate in Jersey for 90 days
or less in any 12 month period.
4 Fee
to accompany an application for a non-resident trading licence or a
non-resident hawker’s licence
(1) The
fee to accompany an application for a non-resident trading licence or an
application for a hawker’s licence where the applicant is a non-resident
hawker is £1,000.
(2) No
fee shall be payable under paragraph (1) if the application is by an
undertaking which is either or both of the following –
(a) a
non-profit undertaking; or
(b) an
undertaking which brings cultural benefit to Jersey.
5 Annual
charge in respect of Licensed persons
(1) The
annual charge for a Licensed person permitted to work in or for an undertaking by
the business licence of the undertaking is £175 in respect of each
Licensed person.
(2) The
annual charge is payable in respect of each Licensed person permitted by an
undertaking’s business licence to work for the undertaking on 1st
December in any year, regardless of the number of such persons working for the
undertaking on that day, and must be paid by 31st January in the following year.
(3) A
charge is not payable under this Article by a non-profit undertaking.
6 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Control of Housing and Work (Fees)
(Jersey) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.
SENATOR I.J. GORST
Chief Minister