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.
Adopted by the
States 16th May 2006
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th October 2006
Registered by the
Royal Court 20th
October 2006
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
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
and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Social Security (Television Licence Benefit) (Jersey)
Law 2006.
(2) This
Law shall come into operation 7 days after its registration.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States