Centeniers (Terms
of Office) (Jersey) Law 2007
A LAW to provide for elections of
Centeniers to be held at fixed intervals and for connected purposes.
Adopted by the
States 28th March 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 Elections of Centeniers
Centeniers shall be elected on appointed days
in accordance with this Law.
2 Appointed
days
(1) The
first appointed day shall be which of the following days, namely the second
Wednesday in March, June, September or December, that first occurs after the
day that is 3 months after the registration of this Law.
(2) The
second appointed day shall be which of the days mentioned in paragraph (1) that
falls in the ninth month after the first appointed day.
(3) The
third appointed day shall be which of the days mentioned in paragraph (1) that
falls in the ninth month after the second appointed day.
(4) The
fourth appointed day shall be which of the days mentioned in paragraph (1) that
falls in the ninth month after the third appointed day.
(5) Thereafter
the appointed days shall be each of the days mentioned in paragraph (1) that is
the corresponding day in the third year after a previous appointed day.
3 Elections
and common terms of office
(1) Not
less than 6 weeks before an appointed day, the Royal Court shall, on the
application of the Attorney General, make an order for the holding of a public
election in each Parish on the appointed day to fill each vacancy in the office
of Centenier that will arise on that day.
(2) The
term of office of a Centenier shall expire on the appointed day that is the
corresponding appointed day in the third year after his or her election.
4 Transitional
arrangements
The transitional arrangements set out in the Schedule have effect.
5 Consequential
amendment
For Article 2 of the Loi (1853) sujet des centeniers et
officiers de police[1], there is substituted the
following Article –
(1) Si un Centenier
décède ou est relevé de ses fonctions avant la fin de sa
gestion, une élection aura lieu pour le remplacer; mais alors le
Centenier qui sera élu ne restera en charge que jusqu’à
l’expiration de la gestion du Centenier précédent.
(2) Si, pour quelque raison
que ce soit, l’élection d’un Centenier est renvoyée
à une autre date, la gestion du Centenier éventuellement
élu terminera à la même date qu’elle aurait terminé
si l’élection n’avait pas été
renvoyée.”.
6 Citation
and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Centeniers (Terms of Office) (Jersey) Law 2007.
(2) It
shall come into force on the seventh day after it is registered.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States
SCHEDULE
(Article 4)
1 Interpretation
In this Schedule references to the first, second, third and fourth
appointed days means those days as determined in accordance with Article 2.
2 The
parishes of St. Clement, St. Peter, St. Brelade, St. Lawrence, Grouville, St.
Ouen, St. Mary, St. John, St. Martin and Trinity
(1) This
paragraph applies to those persons who, immediately before the first appointed
day, are Centeniers in the parishes of St. Clement, St. Peter,
St. Brelade, St. Lawrence, Grouville, St. Ouen, St. Mary,
St. John, St. Martin and Trinity.
(2) The
term of office of the Centenier in each parish first to have been elected to
his or her existing term of office shall expire on the first appointed day.
(3) The
term of office of the Centenier in each parish second to have been elected to
his or her existing term of office shall expire on the second appointed day.
(4) The
term of office of the Centenier in each parish third to have been elected to
his or her existing term of office shall expire on the third appointed day.
(5) The
term of office of the Centenier in each parish fourth to have been elected to
his or her existing term of office shall expire on the fourth appointed day.
3 The
parish of St. Helier
(1) This
paragraph applies to those persons who, immediately before the first appointed
day, are Centeniers in the parish of St. Helier.
(2) The
terms of office of the 3 Centeniers first, second and third to have been
elected to their existing terms of office shall expire on the first appointed
day.
(3) The
terms of office of the 2 Centeniers fourth and fifth to have been elected to
their existing terms of office shall expire on the second appointed day.
(4) The
terms of office of the 3 Centeniers sixth, seventh and eighth to have been
elected to their existing terms of office shall expire on the third appointed
day.
(5) The
terms of office of the 2 Centeniers ninth and tenth to have been elected to
their existing terms of office shall expire on the fourth appointed day.
4 The
parish of St. Saviour
(1) This
paragraph applies to those persons who, immediately before the first appointed
day, are Centeniers in the parish of St. Saviour.
(2) The
term of office of the Centenier first to have been elected to his or her
existing term of office shall expire on the first appointed day.
(3) The
terms of office of the 2 Centeniers second and third to have been elected to
their existing terms of office shall expire on the second appointed day.
(4) The
term of office of the Centenier fourth to have been elected to his or her
existing term of office shall expire on the third appointed day.
(5) The
terms of office of the 2 Centeniers fifth and sixth to have been elected to
their existing terms of office shall expire on the fourth appointed day.
5 Resolution
of order and term of office
(1) If
2 or more Centeniers were elected to office at the same time, the order in
which they were elected shall be reckoned according to –
(a) their
respective seniority in office as a Centenier;
(b) if
that seniority cannot be distinguished, their respective periods of service in
the honorary police of the parish; or
(c) if
seniority in office and period of service cannot be distinguished, their
respective seniority in age.
(2) However,
if the Attorney General consents, the question may be settled by agreement
between the Centeniers.
(3) Where
a Centenier to which any provision of this Schedule applies is completing the
term of office of another Centenier, the existing Centenier is to be taken, for
the purposes of this Schedule, to have been elected to office when the original
Centenier was elected to the existing term of office.
(4) The
term of office of a Centenier to which any provision of this Schedule applies
shall expire in accordance with this Schedule notwithstanding that it might
otherwise have expired earlier or later than the day provided by this Schedule.