SUMMARY OF
LEGISLATION
BAILIWICK
OF JERSEY
1 January–30 April 2018
1. LAWS ADOPTED BY THE STATES
(a) Data Protection (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.116/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 18.1.18)
This Law
repeals and replaces the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005 in a manner
equivalent to and consistent with the EU General Data Protection Regulation
(2016/679) and an associated Directive (2016/680).
(b) Data
Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.117/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 18.1.18)
This Law
contains provisions which are equivalent to and consistent with the EU General
Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and is mainly concerned with the
establishment of a new Data Protection Authority and its functions.
(c) States
of Jersey (Appointment Procedures) (Jersey) Law 201-
P.97/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 30.1.18)
This Law
implements a new appointment procedure for a large number of bodies and offices
makes provision for the States Assembly to be notified when bodies and offices
established by Standing Orders terminate an appointment.
(d) Connétables
(Amendment No 2) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.112/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 17.1.18)
This Law makes
provision relating to qualifications for election and holding office as a
Connétable identical to the qualifications required for Senators and
Deputies.
(e) Marriage and Civil Status (Amendment No 4) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.91/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 1.2.18)
This Law
permits the solemnization of marriages between persons of the same sex, permits
the solemnization of marriages by conversion of civil partnerships, and makes
changes to the formalities for marriages and the registration requirements for
births and deaths.
(f) Consumer Protection (Unfair Practices)
(Jersey) Law 201-
(P.130/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 21.2.18)
This Law
confers protection on Jersey consumers against unfair commercial practices in
relation to contracts for the supply of services and contracts for the sale or
hire-purchase of goods.
(g) Signing of Instruments (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.10/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 6.3.18)
This Law makes
several amendments concerning the execution of instruments by persons with a
disability who are unable to sign documents.
(h) European
Union (Repeal and Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.16/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 6.3.18)
This Law makes
changes to legislation governing Jersey’s relationship with the European
Union arising from the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.
(i) Criminal Procedure (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.118/2017—adopted
in 3rd reading 20.3.18)
This Law
repeals and re-enacts, with modifications, a number of statutes concerning
criminal procedure.
(j) Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous
Amendments) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.1/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 20.3.18)
This Law
establishes a single legal entity for the Government of Jersey and establishes
the Chief Executive Officer as the Principal Accountable Officer for public
administration.
(k) Sexual
Offences (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.18/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 21.3.18)
This Law
consolidates most of the current statutory and customary law sexual offences
into a single enactment, creates new offences and makes amendments to other
statutory sexual offences.
(l) Stamp Duties and Fees (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.21/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 22.3.18)
This Law
removes the requirement for a physical stamp to be affixed to documents on
which stamp duty is liable to be paid.
(m) Trusts
(Amendment No 7) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.23/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 22.3.18)
This Law makes
miscellaneous changes to the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984.
(n) Capacity
and Self-Determination (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.42/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 9.4.18)
This Law
amends the Capacity and Self-Determination (Jersey) Law 2016 with regard to a
Regulation making power conferred on the States for fees to be charged under
that Law.
(o) Forfeiture
of Assets (Civil Proceedings) (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.55/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 10.4.18)
This Law
provides for the circumstances in which assets suspected of being tainted
property may be legally seized by authorized officers, and restrained or
forfeited, by court order.
(p) Human
Transplantation and Anatomy (Jersey) Law 201-
(P.57/2018—adopted
in 3rd reading 10.4.18)
This Law makes
provision concerning the storage, removal and use of the body, or relevant
material from the body, of a deceased person for the purposes of
transplantation, teaching of anatomy and other purposes.
2. LAWS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, ETC
REGISTERED IN THE ROYAL COURT
(a) Building Loans (Amendment No 13) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.1/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 17.2.18)
(b) Customs
and Excise (Amendment No 8) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.2/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 23.2.18)
(c) Data
Protection (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.3/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 25.5.18 with some exceptions)
(d) Data
Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.4/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 25.5.18)
(e) Loi (2018) (Amendement No 6) sur la propriété
foncière
(L.5/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 23.2.18)
(f) Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) (Amendment
No 3) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.6/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 23.2.18)
(g) Royal
Court (Amendment No 15) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.7/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 17.2.18)
(h) Statistics
and Census (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.8/2018—registered
16.2.18. In force 23.2.18)
(i) The Communications (Television Licensing)
(Amendment) Regulations 2018
(R&O.36/2018—registered
23.3.18. In force 1.4.18)
(j) Connétables (Amendment No 2) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.9/2018—registered
23.3.18. In force 30.3.18)
(k) Howard David Farm (Arrangements for Further
Abrogation of Covenant) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.10/2018—registered 23.3.18. In force 30.3.18)
(l) Public Finances (Amendment No 5) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.11/2018—registered
23.3.18. In force 30.3.18)
(m) Public
Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 2018
(L.12/2018—registered
23.3.18. Not in force)
3. APPOINTED DAY ACTS
(a) Charities (Jersey) Law 2014 (Appointed Day) Act 2018
(R&O.17/2018—in
force 6.3.18)
Remaining
provisions brought into force on 1.5.18 and 1.1.19.
(b) Export
Control (Jersey) Law 2009 (Appointed Day) Act 2018
(R&O.27/2018—in
force 22.3.18)
Whole
Law brought into force 29.3.18.
(c) Capacity and Self-Determination (Jersey) Law
2016 (Appointed Day) Act 2018
(R&O.50/2018—in
force 9.4.18)
Whole Law,
except art 67(1)(a) and (2), brought into force 1.10.18.
(d) Mental
Health (Jersey) Law 2016 (Appointed Day) Act 2018
(R&O.51/2018—in
force 9.4.18)
Whole
Law brought into force 1.10.18.
4. REGULATIONS MADE BY THE STATES
(a) Road Traffic (No 63) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.5/2018—in
force 23.1.18)
These
Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 and correct some anomalies
in connection with some of the more serious driving offences.
(b) Amendment
(No 34) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey
(R&O.6/2017—in
force 19.1.18)
These
amendments make provision for the nomination of chairmen to scrutiny panels and
amend the description of topics assigned to such panels.
(c) Employment of States of Jersey Employees
(Amendment No 9) (Jersey) Regulations 201-
(R&O.7/2018—in
force 19.1.18)
These
Regulations increase the number of Commissioners who may be appointed as
members of the Jersey Appointments Commission from 4 to 5.
(d) Public Elections (Amendment of Law) (No 2)
(Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.13/2018—in
force 1.3.18)
These
Regulations make provision for electronic applications for inclusion on an
electoral register.
(e) Petty Debts Court (Miscellaneous Amendments)
(Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.14/2018—in
force 9.4.18)
These
Regulations increase the monetary jurisdiction of the Petty Debts Court,
broadly from £10,000 to £30,000 and from £15,000 to
£45,000.
(f) Stamp Duties and Fees (No 4) (Jersey)
Regulations 2018
(R&O.15/2018—in
force 9.4.18)
These
Regulations make changes related to the increased monetary jurisdiction of the
Petty Debts Court made by R&O.14/2018.
(g) Postal
Services (Transfer) (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.16/2018—in
force 7.3.18)
These
Regulations delete the requirement for the Minister for the Environment to
consent to change of use of the premises used for postal headquarters by Jersey
Post Ltd and substitute instead a requirement for the Minister for
Infrastructure’s consent.
(h) Charities
(Transitional Provisions) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.18/2018—in
force 1.1.19)
These
Regulations make transitional provisions in connection with the entry into
force of the amendments to taxation legislation made by the Charities (Jersey)
Law 2014.
(i) Charities (Core Financial Information) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.19/2018—in
force 1.5.18)
These
Regulations prescribe the core financial information that must be provided to
the Jersey Charity Commissioner on an application for registration as a charity
under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014.
(j) Charities (Tribunal—Restricted Section
of Register) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.20/2018—in force 1.5.18)
These
Regulations make provision relating to the appeal procedure to the Charity
Tribunal under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014.
(k) Amendment
(No 35) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey
(R&O.21/2018—in
force 7.3.18)
These Standing
Orders introduce a requirement for any answer given to a question to be
directly relevant to the question asked and for States members to provide
additional information about any shareholdings.
(l) Financial Services (Amendment of Law) (No 5)
(Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.25/2018—in
force 29.3.18)
These
Regulations exclude from the definition of “principal person” (and,
accordingly, requirements relating to such persons) shareholder controllers of “alternative
investment funds” (i.e. Jersey
private investment funds marketed to no more than 50 investors).
(m) Discrimination
(Disability) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.26/2018—in
force 1.9.18, except part of Regulation 4 in force 1.9.20)
These
Regulations insert “disability” as a protected characteristic into
the Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013 so as to prohibit disability
discrimination in all the areas covered by that Law.
(n) Community Provisions (Exports of Dual-Use
Items) (Revocation) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.28/2018—in
force 29.3.18)
These
Regulations revoke Regulations which give effect to an EC Council Regulation of
2000 which has been revoked and replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No428/2009
setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering
and transit of dual-items (i.e. items
that can be used for military and non-military purposes).
(o) Financial Services Ombudsman (Disclosure of
Information—Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.29/2018—in
force 5.4.18)
These
Regulations allow the Office of the Financial Ombudsman to publish statistical
data relating to all complaints resolved by it on a named respondent basis.
(p) Employment
(Amendment of Law) (No 2) (Jersey) Regulations2018
(R&O.30/2018—in
force 1.9.18)
These
Regulations extend the right to all employees to request flexible working and
enhance parental rights to take leave in connection with the birth or adoption
of a child.
(q) Income
Support (Amendment No 17) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.31/2018—in
force 29.3.18)
These
Regulations reinstate the single parent component in income support from 1 June
2018 by providing for a single parent to be allocated a single parent component
valued at £40.39 per week.
(r) Data Protection (Registration and Charges)
(Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.32/2018—in
force 25.5.18)
These
Regulations make provision with respect to the registration of controllers and
processors by the new Data Protection Authority established under the Data
Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 2018 and for the renewal of the registration
of controllers registered under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(s) Licensing
(No 19) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.33/2018—in
force 23.3.18)
These
Regulations extend the licensing hours of public houses on Friday 18 May 2018
and Saturday 19 May 2018 to mark the occasion of the wedding of HRH Prince
Henry of Wales.
(t) Capacity and Self-Determination (Capacity
and Liberty—Assessors) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.44/2018—in
force 1.10.18)
These
Regulations make provision for arrangements relating to the appointment of
Capacity and Liberty Assessors under the Capacity and Self-Determination
(Jersey) Law 2016 to authorise significant restrictions on the liberty of any
person residing in a “relevant place” as defined in that Law.
(u) Capacity and Self-Determination (Independent
Capacity Advocates) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.45/2018—in
force 1.10.18)
These
Regulations provide for the appointment of, and services to be provided by,
independent capacity advocates to represent patients under the Capacity and
Self-Determination (Jersey) Law 2016.
(v) Capacity and Self-Determination (Supervision
of Delegates etc) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.46/2018—not
in force)
These
Regulations make provision for the Viscount to supervise certain functions
exercised by attorneys and delegates under the Capacity and Self-Determination
(Jersey) Law 2016 in relation to the representation of persons lacking capacity
as defined in that Law.
(w) Mental
Health (Guardianship) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.47/2018—in
force 1.10.18)
These
Regulations supplement the duties of guardians under the Mental Health (Jersey)
Law 2016 such as by providing for general duties of private guardians.
(x) Mental Health (Independent Mental Health
Advocates) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.48/2018—in
force 1.10.18)
These
Regulations provide for the appointment of, and services to be provided by, independent
mental health advocates to represent patients under the Mental Health (Jersey)
Law 2016.
(y) Mental Health and Capacity (Consequential
Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Jersey) Regulations 2018
(R&O.49/2018—in
force 1.10.18)
These
Regulations amend a range of enactments which cross refer to the Mental Health
(Jersey) Law 1969 following its repeal by the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 2016.
(z) States of Jersey (Powers, Privileges and
Immunities) (Scrutiny panels, PAC and PPC) (Amendment No 2) (Jersey)
Regulations 2018
(R&O.52/2018—in
force 17.4.18)
These
Regulations confer power on Scrutiny Panels and the Public Accounts Committee
to require witnesses to give evidence on oath.
5. OTHER SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION OF NOTE
None.
BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY
1 January–30 April 2018
A. GUERNSEY
1. LAWS APPROVED BY THE STATES OF
DELIBERATION
(a) Electoral System Referendum (Guernsey) Law 2018
(Billet d’État
No V of 2018. Approved 07.02.18)
This Law
provides for a referendum to be held on Guernsey’s voting system. It makes
provision in relation to the appointment of campaign groups, and sets out
financial controls on spending in the referendum. Schedule 1 to the Law sets
out the question to be posed on the ballot paper, and the alternative responses
to that question. Schedule 2 sets out the method of voting in, and the
calculation of the result of, the referendum (a form of the transferable vote
system).
(b) Armed Forces (Offences and Jurisdiction)
(Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2018
(Billet d’État
No VIII of 2018. Approved 28.02.18)
This Law
implements provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006 in the Bailiwick, and makes
provision in respect of the jurisdiction of service courts and services
authorities in Guernsey over service people and civilians subject to service
discipline. The 2006 Act came into force in the UK in October 2009, and
repealed and replaced the Service Discipline Acts (the Army Act 1955, the Air
Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957). The Service Discipline Acts
used to extend (unusually) directly to the Bailiwick; from the 1990s, this
application was modified by Orders in Council.
(c) Administrative Decisions (Review) (Guernsey)
(Amendment) Law 2018
(Billet d’État
No VIII of 2018. Approved 28.02.18)
This Law
amends the procedure and scope of the Administrative Review Board (“ARB”)
process in several ways, including by introducing an independent complaints panel
to enquire into complaints and, where appropriate, to refer them to the ARB (in
place of the Chief Executive of the States of Guernsey), and by introducing an
independent member to the ARB considering a complaint.
2. ORDINANCES
APPROVED BY THE STATES OF DELIBERATION
(a) Employment and Discrimination Tribunal
(Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance 2018
(Billet
d’État No V of 2018. Approved 07.02.18—in force 12.02.18)
This Ordinance
amends s 1(6) of the Employment and Discrimination Tribunal (Guernsey)
Ordinance 2005 in order to remove the requirement for members of the Employment
and Discrimination Panel to retire on reaching the age of 70.
(b) Parochial Church Property (Guernsey) Law
2015 (Commencement) Ordinance 2018
(Billet
d’État No V of 2018. Approved 07.02.18—in force
07.02.18)
This Ordinance
brings the remaining provisions of the Parochial Church Property (Guernsey) Law
2015 into force on 16 February 2018. Those provisions relate to the status of
parochial church property (other than rectories), the establishment of
management boards and amendments to various parochial laws.
(c) Income Tax (Guernsey) (Approval of Agreement
with the Bahamas) Ordinance 2018
(Billet
d’État No V of 2018. Approved 07.02.18—in force
08.02.18)
This Ordinance
specifies, as an approved
international agreement, an agreement providing for the obtaining,
furnishing and exchanging of information in relation to tax, made for the
purposes of the Income Tax (Guernsey) Law 1975.
The agreement specified
was made between the States of Guernsey and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas,
contained in a Protocol signed on 16 May 2017 and 12 April 2017 on behalf of
Guernsey and the Bahamas respectively (which amends the agreement between the
States of Guernsey and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas providing for the
exchange of information relating to tax matters signed on 29 July 2011 and 8
August 2011).
(d) Liquor
Licensing (Amendment) Ordinance 2018
(Billet
d’État No VIII of 2018. Approved 28.02.18—in force
28.02.18)
This Ordinance
amends the Liquor Licensing Ordinance 2006 so as to extend the permitted
trading hours for licensed premises in Categories A, C, D, E and G so that such
premises may lawfully sell alcohol between the hours of 11 a.m. and 12.45 a.m.
on Christmas Day, and between the hours of 12 noon and 12.45 a.m. on Good
Friday.
3. ORDINANCES,
SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION ETC LAID
BEFORE THE STATES OF DELIBERATION
(a) Document Duty (Guernsey) Law 2017
(Commencement and Amendment) Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 15.11.17 and laid on 17.01.18)
(b) Document Duty (Rates) Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 15.11.17 and laid on 17.01.18)
(c) Document Duty
(Anti-Avoidance) Law 2017 (Commencement and Amendment) Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 15.11.17 and laid on 17.01.18)
(d) Document Duty (Anti-Avoidance) (Rates)
Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 15.11.17 and laid on 17.01.18)
(e) Animal Welfare (Amendment) (No 2) Order 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure—in force 30.10.17 and
laid on 17.01.18)
(f) Animal Welfare (Amendment) (No 2)
Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure—in force 30.10.17 and
laid on 17.01.18)
(g) Fire Services (Fees and Charges) (Guernsey)
Regulations 2016
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Home Affairs—in force 01.01.17 and laid on 17.01.18)
(h) Income Tax
(Pensions) (Contribution Limits and Tax-Free Lump Sums) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No II of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 17.01.18)
(i) Venezuela
(Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 28.11.17 and laid on 07.02.18)
(j) Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons
(Guernsey) (Amendment) (No 2) Ordinance 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 22.08.17 and laid on 07.02.18)
(k) Beneficial
Ownership (Definition) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 21.11.17 and laid on 07.02.18)
(l) Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons
(Nominee Relationships) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 11.12.17 and laid on 07.02.18)
(m) Registration
of Non-Regulated Financial Services Businesses (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Fees)
Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 07.02.18)
(n) Criminal Justice
(Proceeds of Crime) (Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents)
(Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 07.02.18)
(o) Protected Cell
Companies and Incorporated Cell Companies (Fees for Insurers) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 07.02.18)
(p) Financial Services Commission (Fees)
Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the Policy
& Resources Committee—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 07.02.18)
(u) Health Service
(Medical Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 01.01.18 and laid
on 07.02.18)
(r) Health Service (Payment of Authorised
Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 01.01.18 and laid
on 07.02.18)
(s) Social Insurance (Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 01.01.18 and laid
on 07.02.18)
(t) Health Service (Payment of Authorised
Appliance Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 01.01.18 and laid
on 07.02.18)
(u) Health Service
(Benefit) (Limited List) (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (Amendment No 5) Regulations
2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 28.11.17 and laid
on 07.02.18)
(v) Fire Services (Fees and Charges) (Guernsey)
Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Home Affairs—in force 01.01.18 and laid on 07.02.18)
(w) Public Highways
(Temporary Road Closures) (Fees and Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2017
(Billet d’État No V of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure—in force 01.01.18 and
laid on 07.02.18)
(x) Road Traffic
(Compulsory Third-Party Insurance) (Recovery of Expenses) (Guernsey)
Regulations 2017
(Billet d’État No VIII of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure and the Committee for Health
& Social Care—in force 01.11.17 and laid on 28.02.18)
(y) Social Insurance (Contributions) (Amendment)
Regulations 2018
(Billet d’État No X of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Employment & Social Security—in force 10.01.18 and laid
on 21.03.18)
(z) Boarding Permit Fees Order 2018
(Billet d’État No XI of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Economic Development—in force 01.04.18 and laid on
18.04.18)
(aa) Animal Welfare (Amendment of Schedule 2) Regulations 2018
(Billet d’État No XI of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure—in force 15.02.18 and
laid on 18.04.18)
(bb) Animal Welfare
(Guernsey) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Order 2018
(Billet d’État No XI of 2018. Made by the
Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure—in force 15.02.18 and
laid on 18.04.18)
(cc) Misuse of Drugs (Modification) Order 2018
(Billet d’État No XI of 2018. Made by the
Committee for Health & Social Care—in force 01.02.18 and laid on
18.04.18)
4. LAWS,
ORDERS IN COUNCIL, ETC REGISTERED IN
THE ROYAL COURT OF GUERNSEY
(a) Same-Sex Marriage (Alderney) Law 2017
(Alderney Billet d’État 18.10.17—registered
15.01.18. In force on a date to be appointed by Ordinance of the States of
Alderney)
(b) Reform
(Sark) (Amendment) Law 2017
(Chief Pleas
of Sark 04.10.17—registered 15.01.18. In force 19.01.18)
(c) Affiliation
Proceedings (Sark) Law 2017
(Chief Pleas
of Sark 04.10.17—registered 15.01.18. In force 19.01.18)
(d) Income
Support (Guernsey) Law 2017
(Billet d’État No XXIV of
2017—registered 12.03.18. In force on a date to be appointed by
Regulations of the Committee for Employment & Social Security)
(e) Interpretation and Standard Provisions
(Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2016
(Billet d’État No XIX of
2016—registered 12.03.18. In force on a date to be appointed by
Ordinance)
(f) Data
Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2017
(Billet d’État No XXIII of
2017—registered 09.04.18. In force 19.01.18)
5.
SARK ORDINANCES CONSIDERED BY THE ROYAL COURT UNDER S 39(1) OF THE REFORM (SARK) LAW 2008
(a) Regulation of Production of Alcoholic
Products (Commencement and Exemptions) (Sark) Ordinance 2017
(In force 01.11.17—placed
before the Private Court on 11.01.18)
(b) Direct
Taxes for 2018 (Sark) Ordinance 2017
(In force 23.11.17—placed
before the Private Court on 11.01.18)
6.
RULES OF COURT
(a) High Hedges (Appeals and References) Rules 2018
(Made 15.01.18. In force 15.01.18)
These Rules
set out the procedure on appeals or references to the Royal Court from the
Planning Tribunal in relation to appeals under the High Hedges (Guernsey) Law
2016.
(b) Mental Health Review Tribunal Procedure
(Amendment) Rules 2018
(Made 05.02.18. In force 06.02.18)
These Rules
amend the Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 2012. The amendments include transferring
responsibility for clerking the Mental Health Review Tribunal to the Policy
& Resources Committee (which is independent from the provision of mental
health services), and providing that a Mental Health Review Tribunal member may
not sit on a Tribunal hearing if he or she has attained the age of 72.