Jersey Law 30/1993

DEPARTMENTS OF THE JUDICIARY AND THE LEGISLATURE (AMENDMENT No. 2) (JERSEY) LAW 1993

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A LAW   to amend further the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965 and to repeal the Office of the Judicial Greffier (Jersey) Law 1984, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

27th day of OCTOBER 1993

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(Registered on the 10th day of December 1993)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 22nd day of June 1993

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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 sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Article 1 of the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Jersey) Law 1965,1 as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”), for the words “, the Solicitor General and the Autorisé de la Partie Publique” there shall be substituted the words “and the Solicitor General”.

ARTICLE 2

In Article 2 of the principal Law2 –

(a)     paragraph (2) shall be deleted; and

(b)     in paragraph (6), for the words “, Autorisé de la Partie Publique” there shall be substituted the words “or Judicial Greffier”.

ARTICLE 3

Paragraph (1) of Article 3 of the principal Law3 shall be deleted.

ARTICLE 4

After paragraph (1) of Article 5 of the principal Law4 there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

“(1A)    In the event of the absence or incapacity of both the Attorney General and the Solicitor General the functions of the Attorney General may be discharged by an advocate or solicitor who is an officer in the Law Officers Department and is appointed by the Bailiff for that purpose for such period, not exceeding seven days, as may be specified in the appointment.”.

ARTICLE 5

In Article 7 of the principal Law5 –

(a)     in paragraph (1) –

(i)      for the words “With the exception of the Autorisé de la Partie Publique, the” there shall be substituted the word “The”, and

(ii)     after the words “discharge the functions of” in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “Attorney General”; and

(b)     in paragraph (2), after the words “under paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “(1A) or”.

ARTICLE 6

The Office of Judicial Greffier (Jersey) Law 19846 shall be repealed.

ARTICLE 7

This Law may be cited as the Departments of the Judiciary and the Legislature (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1993 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint.

C.M. NEWCOMBE

Deputy Greffier of the States.