Official Publications (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2003

L.17/2003 Official Publications (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2003 A LAW to amend the Official Publications (Jersey) Law 1960. Adopted by the States 12th November 2002 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 27th February 2003 Registered by the Royal Court 21st March 2003 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 In this Law “principal Law” means the Official Publications (Jersey) Law 1960 . [1] 2 For Article 2 of the principal Law [2] there shall be substituted the following Article – “ 2 CONSTRUCTION OF ENACTMENTS PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES ETC. “(1) An enactment passed before the amendment date which provides for the publication of any notice or other matter in the Jersey Gazette or in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the Island shall have effect as if it provided instead either – (a) for reasonable steps to be taken to bring the purport of the notice or other matter to the attention of the public or of persons likely to be affected by it; or (b) for the publication of the notice or other matter in the Jersey Gazette. (2) This Article does not apply to Article 3 of this Law. (3) In this Article, “amendment date” means the date the Official Publications (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2003 comes into force.”. 3 Article 3 of the principal Law shall be amended by substituting for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) the following sub-paragraphs – “(a) the registration by the Royal Court of any Law passed by the States and sanctioned by Her Majesty in Council; (b) the passing by the States of any enactment that does not require for its validity the sanction of Her Majesty in Council;”. 4 This Law may be cited as the Official Publications (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2003 and shall come into force on the seventh day following its registration. a.h. hARRIS Deputy Greffier of the States. [1] Tome VIII, page 883. [2] Tome VIII, page 884.