Official
Publications (Jersey) Law 1960
Official
Consolidated Version
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Official
Publications (Jersey) Law 1960
A LAW regarding the manner in which
the enactment of legislation, the convening of parish assemblies and other
public matters are to be brought to the notice of the public
Commencement
[see endnotes]
1 The
Jersey Gazette[1]
(1) Where
an enactment requires the publication of any notice or other information in the
Jersey Gazette, the notice or other information shall be published in the
Gazette of that name established under this Article.
(2) There
shall be a Jersey Gazette.
(3) The
Jersey Gazette shall be headed with the Arms of the Bailiwick and the words
“Jersey Gazette”.
(4) The
Jersey Gazette shall be published in such manner as the Chief Minister
prescribes by Order, being a manner that is sufficient to bring it to the
attention of the public in general.
(5) Where,
for any reason, it is not possible for the Jersey Gazette to be published in
the manner prescribed under paragraph (4), the Chief Minister shall make
alternative arrangements for its publication.
(6) The
Chief Minister may, by Order, prescribe fees to be paid for the publication of
any matter in the Jersey Gazette.
2 Construction
of enactments providing for publication in a newspaper[2]
Where an enactment passed before the day the Official Publications
(Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2017 comes into force provides for the
publication of any notice or other matter in a newspaper or newspapers
circulating in Jersey, the notice or other matter may, instead, be published in
the Jersey Gazette.
3 [3]
4 Notices convening meetings of parish assemblies may be in French or
English
A notice convening a meeting of a parish assembly, whether civil or
ecclesiastical, may be in the French or the English language, at the option of
the President of the Assembly.
5 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Official Publications (Jersey)
Law 1960.