Jersey Law 37/2002

 

REFERENDUM (JERSEY) LAW 2002

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A LAW     to provide for the holding of referendums in the Island; sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

 

22nd day of OCTOBER 2002

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(Registered on the 8th day of November 2002)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 18th day of June 2002

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                THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law -

 

ARTICLE 1

 

Holding of a referendum

 

                (1)     The States may by Act resolve that a referendum be held on any matter, and this Law shall apply in any case where the States have so resolved.

 

                (2)     The Act shall -

 

                (a)     fix the date for the holding of the referendum; and

 

                (b)     set out the form of the ballot paper to be used in the referendum, including the text of the question or questions to be asked in the referendum.

 

                (3)     The Act -

 

                (a)     may make such other provision as to the conduct of the referendum and for announcing its result as the States consider necessary or expedient; and

 

                (b)     without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, may, subject to Articles 2 and 3 of this Law, apply in relation to the referendum, with such adaptations, modifications or exceptions as may be specified in the Act, any provisions of any enactment for the time being in force relating to public elections to the States, including any provisions that create or relate to offences.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

Persons entitled to vote

 

                A person shall be entitled to vote in the referendum if, at midday on the day that is 21 days before the date of the referendum, the person’s name is on an electoral register kept for the purposes of public elections to the States.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

Exclusion of legal proceedings

 

                No court shall entertain any proceedings for questioning the numbers of any ballot papers counted, or the answer given, in the referendum.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

Expenses

 

                The expenses incurred in the holding of the referendum shall be defrayed in such manner as the Act of the States providing for the referendum may prescribe or, otherwise, out of the annual income of the States.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

Citation and commencement

 

                This Law may be cited as the Referendum (Jersey) Law 2002 and shall come into force on the seventh day following its registration.

 

                                                                                            C.M. NEWCOMBE

 

Greffier of the States.