Committee for Home Affairs - P.2019/17
Amendment 1 - Deputy D Tindall & Alderney Representative A Snowdon [412kb] Amendment 2 - Deputy M Lowe & Deputy R Prow [386kb]
The States are asked to decide:-
Whether, after consideration of 'Treatment of persons born or first resident as minors in Alderney or Sark under the Population Management (Guernsey) Law, 2016' dated 11th February 2019, they are of the opinion:-
1. To ratify the policies of the Committee for Home Affairs in relation to the treatment of those persons born or first resident as minors in Alderney or Sark under the Population Management (Guernsey) Law, 2016 as follows:
a. That a person wishing to relocate to Guernsey for the purpose of
education/training/employment under the policies set out below from Alderney or Sark must:
(i) have eight consecutive years' ordinary residence in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
immediately prior to application; and
(ii) have been first resident in the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a minor, in the
household of their parent(s); and
(iii) be (or have been in the case of employment-related policies) under 29
years of age when they first relocate(d) to Guernsey.
b. That those looking to access education/training in Guernsey must demonstrate that they
have secured a place in an educational institution or on a training course prior to a
Permit being granted.
c. That those who have relocated to Guernsey for the purpose of employment and cannot
hold a further Short or Medium Term Employment Permit due to residency restrictions,
can generally expect to be granted a Discretionary Resident Permit to enable them to
continue living and working in Guernsey, subject to an application for an employment
permit from their employer.
d. That those looking to live in Guernsey for the purpose of education/training must be
accommodated by a householder.
e. That a Permit holder who has relocated to Guernsey for the purpose of education/training
must remain in education/training on a full-time basis.
f. That a person who has relocated to Guernsey under these policies relating to the treatment
of young people from Sark and Alderney under the Law, should be able to benefit from
an Agreed Absence of up to 12 months to enable them to travel on the condition that they
have been continuously resident for 3 or more years directly before the period of absence.
The above Propositions have been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
