AI-assisted research summary: This amendment changes parts of the Franchise (Jersey) Law 1968, including the residence qualification rule, some wording in registration provisions, and the penalty scale references.
Jersey Law 8/1995 FRANCHISE (AMENDMENT No. 5) (JERSEY) LAW 1995 ____________ A LAW to amend further the Franchise (Jersey) Law 1968, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 8th day of FEBRUARY 1995 ____________ (Registered on the 24th day of February 1995) ____________ STATES OF JERSEY ____________ The 22nd day of November 1994 ____________ T HE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – ARTICLE 1 In sub-paragraph (a) of Article 2 of the Franchise (Jersey) Law 1968, 1 as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”), for the words “first day of October” there shall be substituted the words “twentieth day of September”. ARTICLE 2 For Article 3 of the principal Law 2 there shall be substituted the following Article – “ARTICLE 3 RESIDENCE QUALIFICATION A person shall have the requisite residence qualification in a parish if – (a) he was ordinarily resident in that parish on the first day of March in the relevant year; and (b) he was ordinarily resident in the Island for the period of two years immediately preceding the first day of March in the relevant year, or had been so resident for any period of five years preceding that date.”. ARTICLE 3 Sub-paragraph (a) of Article 4 of the principal Law 3 shall be deleted. ARTICLE 4 In Article 5 of the principal Law 4 – (a) the proviso to paragraph (3) shall be deleted; (b) in paragraph (4) – (i) for the words “first day of October” there shall be substituted the words “twentieth day of September”, (ii) for the word “thirtieth” there shall be substituted the word “nineteenth”; (c) in paragraph (6) for the word “thirtieth” there shall be substituted the word “nineteenth”. ARTICLE 5 In Article 6 of the principal Law 5 – (a) for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph – “(a) enter thereon, so far as he is able, all such information as may be required by the return in respect of persons resident in such dwelling accommodation who are entitled to be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of this Law and shall request each such person to sign the return;”; (b) in both paragraphs (6) and (7) for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “level 2 on the standard scale 6 ”. ARTICLE 6 In Article 13 of the principal Law for the words “one hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the words “level 3 on the standard scale 6 ”. ARTICLE 7 (1) This Law may be cited as the Franchise (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 1995 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes or different provisions of this Law. (2) Any person who was ordinarily resident in the Island immediately before the commencement of Article 2 of this Law shall, for a period of two years following that commencement, be deemed to have the requisite residence qualification under sub-paragraph (b) of Article 3 of the principal Law as substituted by Article 2 of this Law. C.M. NEWCOMBE Deputy Greffier of the States. 1 Volume 1968–1969, page 84, and Volume 1970–1972, page 333. 2 Volume 1968–1969, page 84. 3 Volume 1968–1969, pages 85 and 647. 4 Volume 1968–1969, page 85, and Volume 1970–1972, page 53. 5 Volume 1968–1969, page 86, and Volume 1970–1972, page 333. 6 Volume 1992–1993, page 437.