Departments of the
Judiciary and the Legislature (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2007
A LAW to further amend the
Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965.
Adopted by the
States 13th February 2007
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th October 2007
Registered by the
Royal Court 26th
October 2007
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Article 7 amended
In Article 7 of the Departments
of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965[1], in paragraph (1), for
the words “and the officers designated under Article 6” there
shall be substituted the words “, the officers designated under
Article 6 and the persons who are authorized and approved under
Article 9(5A)”.
2 Article
9 amended
In Article 9 of the Departments
of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965 –
(a) in
paragraph (5), for all the words from and including
“Viscount:” to and including the word “inquest.” there
shall be substituted the word “Viscount.”; and
(b) after
paragraph (5), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs –
“(5A) Notwithstanding anything in any enactment, the
Viscount may authorize the Deputy Viscount, and any other person (whether or
not the person is an officer of the Viscount’s Department) who is approved
by the Bailiff, to discharge the Viscount’s function of conducting a
particular inquest or inquests generally.
(5B) A person authorized by the Viscount and approved by the
Bailiff under paragraph (5A) shall be known as ‘Viscount
Substitute’.”.
3 Citation
and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature
(Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2007.
(2) This
Law shall come into force on the seventh day after it is registered.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States