Public Employees
(Retirement) (Amendment and Validation) (Jersey) Law 2014
A LAW to amend the Public Employees
(Retirement) (Jersey) Law 1967 with effect from 1st and
9th December 2005 and 1st September 2013, and to validate
the employment of certain persons by the States Employment Board for the
purposes of the provision and payment of a pension under that Law.
Adopted by the
States 23rd January 2014
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 28th April 2014
Registered by the
Royal Court 8th
May 2014
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law, “1967 Law” means the Public Employees
(Retirement) (Jersey) Law 1967[1].
2 1967
Law amended
Article 1(2) of the 1967 Law is to be taken to have been amended –
(a) on
1st December 2005 by inserting after sub-paragraph (a), the
following sub-paragraph –
“(aa) the holder of the office of Data
Protection Commissioner (within the meaning of Article 6 of the Data
Protection (Jersey) Law 2005[2]);”;
(b) on
9th December 2005 –
(i) by
substituting for sub-paragraph (a), the following sub-paragraph –
“(a) officers
referred to in Article 1(1)(a) to (d) of the Departments of the Judiciary
and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965[3];”, and
(ii) by
inserting after sub-paragraph (aa), the following sub-paragraph –
“(ab) the
Greffier of the States and Deputy Greffier of the States (within the meaning of
Article 41 of the States of Jersey Law 2005[4]);”; and
(c) on
1st September 2013 by substituting for sub-paragraph (c), the
following sub-paragraphs –
“(c) the Master of the Royal
Court;
(d) a “délégué”
as defined by Article 1(2) of the Loi (1937) sur
l’atténuation des peines et sur la mise en liberté
surveillée[5] (a probation
officer).”.
3 Validation
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) the
holder of the office of Data Protection Commissioner;
(b) the Greffier of the States and Deputy Greffier of the States; and
(c) the Master of the Royal
Court,
referred to in Article 1(2) of the 1967 Law, as amended by
Article 2 of this Law.
(2) In respect
of the persons to whom this Article applies –
(a) such
persons are taken to have been validly employed by the States Employment Board
for the purposes of the 1967 Law; and
(b) any
pension contributions made by, or in respect of such persons, and any pension or other benefits accrued
by, or in respect of those persons, shall be taken to have been validly made
and accrued,
from the effective date.
(3) “effective
date” means –
(a) 1st December 2005
in respect of the holder of the office of Data protection Commissioner;
(b) 9th December 2005
in respect of the Greffier of the States
and the Deputy Greffier of the States; and
(c) 1st September 2013
in respect of the Master of the Royal Court.
4 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Public Employees (Retirement)
(Amendment and Validation) (Jersey) Law 2014 and shall come into force
upon registration.
l.-m. hart
Assistant Greffier of the States