Social Security
(Television Licence Benefit) (Jersey) Law 2006
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Social Security
(Television Licence Benefit) (Jersey) Law 2006
A LAW to permit the making of
Regulations providing for certain persons to be entitled to be paid, or have
paid on their behalf, the amount of the fee for issue of a licence in relation
to a television, and for related matters
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Power
of States to make Regulations
(1) The States may make
Regulations providing for a scheme to enable persons of a specified class to be
entitled to be paid, or have paid on their behalf, the amount of the fee paid
or payable for the grant of a licence to permit under an enactment of the
United Kingdom the possession or use of a television in the premises in which
the person resides.
(2) Without limiting the
generality of paragraph (1), Regulations made under this Law
may –
(a) set
out the criteria for eligibility for the payment of an amount paid or payable
for the grant of a licence of the kind referred to in paragraph (1);
(b) set
out the amounts payable to persons under the Regulations and how the amounts
may be paid;
(c) provide
that the Minister may appoint agents to act on behalf of persons in relation to
the grant and receipt of amounts under the Regulations;
(d) set
out offences and the penalties for offences against the Regulations;
(e) provide
for reviews of decisions of persons under the Regulations to grant or to refuse
to grant amounts under the Regulations;
(f) enable
appeals (including appeals to a body or tribunal established by or under
another Law) to be made against decisions of persons reviewing decisions in
accordance with sub-paragraph (e).
(3) Without limiting the
generality of paragraph (1), Regulations made under this Law may provide
for the making of Orders by a Minister for the purpose of –
(a) altering
any income amount specified in the Regulations as a criterion for eligibility
for the grant of an amount under the Regulations; and
(b) modifying
the application, in relation to an appeal under Regulations made under this
Law, of a Law, or an enactment made under a Law, relating to the conduct of
appeals by a body or tribunal to which an appeal under these Regulations may be
made.
2 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Social Security (Television Licence
Benefit) (Jersey) Law 2006.