F.B. Playing Fields
(Sports Hall) (Jersey) Law 2007[1]
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F.B. Playing Fields
(Sports Hall) (Jersey) Law 2007
A LAW to validate the construction
and use of part of the sports hall built on the F.B. Playing Fields.
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Interpretation
In this Law –
“additional land” means the land on which the sports
hall was built that is not part of the land known as “Le Petit Clos de
Sequée et Le Clos qui fut à Jean Clément”;
“sports hall” means the sports hall at F.B. Playing
Fields.
2 Validation
The
construction on the additional land of part of the sports hall and the
subsequent use of the hall for playing indoor sports and for related purposes is
declared to have been lawful despite anything to the contrary contained in any
enactment or contract passed before the Royal Court.
3 Use of sports hall
(1) It
is confirmed that despite anything to the contrary contained in any enactment
or contract passed before the Royal Court, the public of Jersey –
(a) may
use the sports hall to play indoor sports and for related purposes; and
(b) may
lease the hall to an association incorporated within Jersey as a
“société de sports”, subject to the condition that
the association permits other sporting associations to use the hall upon
payment of a reasonable fee.
(2) Paragraph (1)
is without prejudice to the provisions of the F.B. Playing Fields (Construction
and Use of Sports Hall) (Jersey) Law 1996.
4 Registration
(1) The Royal Court shall,
when it orders the registration of this Law, also order the registration in the
Public Registry of Contracts of a copy of this Law signed by the Greffier of
the States.
(2) The registration in the
Public Registry of Contracts of a copy of this Law shall have the same effect
as a contract passed before the Royal Court.
(3) No fees shall be
payable under the Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Law 1998 in relation the registration
in the Public Registry of Contracts of a copy of this Law in compliance with an
order under paragraph (1).
5 Citation
This Law may be cited as the F.B. Playing Fields (Sports Hall)
(Jersey) Law 2007.