Jersey Law 21/2001

 

AERODROMES (ADMINISTRATION) (AMENDMENT No. 4) (JERSEY) LAW 2001

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A LAW     to amend further the Aerodromes (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1952; sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

18th day of JULY 2001

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(Registered on the 10th day of August 2001)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 19th day of July 2000

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                THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law -

 

ARTICLE 1

 

                In this Law “principal Law” means the Aerodromes (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1952, as amended.[1]

 

ARTICLE 2

 

                For Article 4(2) of the principal Law[2] there shall be substituted the following paragraphs -

 

          “(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) of this Article, regulations made under this Article may -

 

          (a)     require the payment of fees or charges in respect of any matters arising under or provided for or authorized by this Law or by such regulations; and

 

          (b)     provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of the regulations, or any direction or order given or issued thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence and liable, for each such offence, to such penalty as the regulations may prescribe.”.

 

          (3)     Regulations made under this Article may -

 

          (a)     make different provision in relation to different cases or circumstances; and

 

          (b)     contain such transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the States to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.”.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

                For Article 4A(1) of the principal Law[3] there shall be substituted the following paragraph -

 

          “(1)   Where a person is charged with any offence under regulations made under Article 4 of this Law and accepts the decision of the Connétable or any Centenier of the parish in which the offence was committed, that Connétable or Centenier may inflict and levy summarily a fine of an amount not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale as it had effect at the time when such offence was committed.”.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

                For Article 4B of the principal Law[4] there shall be substituted the following Article -

 

“ARTICLE 4B

 

          (1)     Save as provided by paragraph (2) of this Article, all fines imposed for offences under regulations made under Article 4 of this Law shall be awarded for the benefit of the annual income of the States.

 

          (2)     Where a fine is imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 4A of this Law, one half of that fine shall be awarded for the benefit of the parish in which the offence was committed and the other half shall be awarded for the benefit of the annual income of the States and applied towards the cost of regulating the parking and circulating of vehicles within the territorial limits of any aerodrome.”.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

                This Law may be cited as the Aerodromes (Administration) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2001 and shall come into force on the seventh day following registration.

 

                                                                                      C.M. NEWCOMBE

 

Deputy Greffier of the States.