Policy & Resources Committee - P.2023/20
Original Propositions
The States are asked to decide: -
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'The Grant of Royal Assent to Projets de Loi, Counsellors of State and other Constitutional Matters', they are of the opinion: -
1. To agree that Royal Assent for Projets de Loi approved by a Bailiwick legislature may be granted by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of the Bailiwick, on behalf of the King-in-Council (as set out in Section 7 of the Policy Letter).
2. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to liaise with the Lieutenant-Governor, the Bailiff, the Ministry of Justice and the authorities in Alderney and Sark on the practical and legislative arrangements that will be required to give effect to Proposition 1 and to authorise the Committee to agree to those arrangements on behalf of the States.
3. To signify their agreement to the substance of the proposed Order in Council required to implement Proposition 1, for the purposes of Article 72A of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948, as amended.
4. In Resolution 1 of Article XV of Billet d'État No. I of 2016, relating to the Policy Letter entitled "Proposal to Achieve Greater Autonomy in the Legislative Process and International Affairs for Guernsey", to delete the words "the granting of Royal Sanction;".
5. To acknowledge that the Counsellors of State Act 2022, regarding the addition of further Counsellors of State, has effect in Guernsey (and the whole Bailiwick of Guernsey) by necessary implication.
6. To signify their agreement to the substance of the Counsellors of State Act 2022 insofar as it has effect in Guernsey by necessary implication, for the purposes of Article 72A of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948, as amended.
7. To note the contents of the remainder of the Policy Letter.
Amendment
Amendment Proposer Seconder Status Amendment 1 [143kb]
Deputy St Pier Deputy Le Tocq To be debated
