Connétables
(Amendment – Declaration of Convictions) (Jersey) Law 2017
A LAW to amend further the
Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008
Adopted by the
States 23rd June 2015
Sanctioned by Order
of Her Majesty in Council 12th April 2017
Registered by the
Royal Court 21st
April 2017
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Amendment of Connétables (Jersey)
Law 2008
After Article 4 of the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008[1] there shall be inserted the
following Article –
“4A Declaration
to be made when nominated
(1) A person seeking election as a
Connétable shall, at the time of his or her nomination, be required to
make a declaration, in writing –
(a) that he or she is not disqualified, whether
under this Law or any other enactment, from being elected;
(b) of his or her convictions, whether in Jersey
or elsewhere, which are not spent convictions;
(c) notwithstanding the Rehabilitation of
Offenders (Jersey) Law 2001[2], of his or her spent convictions,
whether in Jersey or elsewhere, for any of the following offences –
(i) treason,
(ii) murder,
(iii) manslaughter,
(iv) rape,
(v) incest,
(vi) sodomy,
(vii) any
offence against a person not of full age,
(viii) fraud
or any like offence,
(ix) obtaining
property by false pretences,
(x) theft,
(xi) perjury,
(xii) perverting
the course of justice,
(xiii) an
offence mentioned in the definition ‘drug trafficking’ in Article 1(1)
of the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978[3].
(2) The person presiding at a nomination meeting
convened under Article 20 of the Public Elections (Jersey) Law 2002[4] shall read out to the
meeting the declaration made under paragraph (1) by a person proposed as a
candidate.
(3) A person who knowingly makes a false
declaration under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
to a fine of level 4 on the standard scale.
(4) The States may by Regulations amend paragraph (1)(c)
so as to vary, add or omit any description of offence for which a spent
conviction must be disclosed.
(5) The declaration required by paragraph (1)
shall be in the form set out in the Schedule (which the States may by
Regulations amend).
(6) In this Article ‘spent
conviction’ has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders
(Jersey) Law 2001[5].”.
2 Schedule
added
At the end of the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008[6] there shall be added the
following Schedule –
“SCHEDULE
(Article 4A(5))
declaration by candidate for
electioN
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‘CONNÉTABLES
(JERSEY) LAW 2008
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DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION AS CONNÉTABLE
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I, the undersigned
............................................................................................................. (insert name)
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hereby declare that I have read and understood the provisions of
Article 4A of the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 and
that –
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(a)
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I am not disqualified for election; and
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(b)
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I have no relevant convictions for the purposes of Article 4A(1)(b)
and (c)
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OR
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The convictions I must declare for the purposes of
Article 4A(A)(b) and (c) are as follows –
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Signed……………………………………………..……
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Date ……….………
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NOTE: Article 4A(3) of
the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 provides that a person who
knowingly makes a false declaration shall be guilty of an offence and liable
to a fine of level 4 on the standard scale.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 4A(2) of that
Law, this declaration will be read out at the nomination meeting.’ ”.
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3 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Connétables (Amendment –
Declaration of Convictions) (Jersey) Law 2017, and shall come into force 7 days
after its registration.
m.n. de la haye, o.b.e.
Greffier of the States