Sex Offenders
(Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2014
A LAW to amend further the Sex
Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010
Adopted by the
States 2nd July 2014
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 8th October 2014
Registered by the
Royal Court 17th
October 2014
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Article 18 amended
In Article 18 of the Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010[1] –
(a) in paragraph (2),
for the words “the Royal Court or the Court of Appeal, as the case may
be” there shall be substituted the words “the court by which the
appeal is heard”;
(b) for
paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –
“(3) Paragraph (4) applies where –
(a) a person (‘the appellant’) has a
right of appeal against sentence which, under the proviso to Article 24(1)
of the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961[2], lies to the Superior Number
of the Royal Court; and
(b) the appellant also has a right of appeal
under this Part against an order (including the terms of an order) or decision
of the Royal Court made at the same time as, or in connection with, that
sentence.
(4) Where this paragraph applies –
(a) the appeal under this Part shall lie to the
Superior Number of the Royal Court (and may be heard by the Superior Number concurrently
with the appeal against sentence); and
(b) references in this Part to the Court of
Appeal shall be construed as references to the Superior Number.”.
2 Citation
This Law may be cited as
the Sex Offenders (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2014.
m.n. de la haye, o.b.e.
Greffier of the States