Draft Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.24/2025): fourth amendment (P.24/2025 Amd.(4)) – amendment. (P.24/2025 Amd.(4).Amd.) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment
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STATES OF JERSEY
RESIDENTIAL TENANCY (JERSEY) AMENDMENT LAW (P.24/2025): FOURTH AMENDMENT (P.24/2025 AMD.(4)) – AMENDMENT (P.24/2025 AMD.(4).AMD) – CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Presented to the States on 2nd September 2025 by the Minister for Housing
STATES GREFFE
2025 P.24 Amd.(4).Amd.Add.
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT (CRIA)
PART 1: SCREENING
Name and title of Duty Bearer: Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier South Type of Duty Bearer:
(Minister, Elected Member or States Minister
Assembly Body)
Assessment completed by (if not Strategic Housing and Regeneration completed by duty bearer): Officer
Date: 29/08/2025
1) Name and brief description of the proposed decision The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision' • What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address? • Do children experience this problem differently from adults? |
This is an amendment to the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel's (the Panel's) amendment to the Draft Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.24/2025 (Amd.4)). This proposition seeks to make a minor amendment to the Panel's Amendment B2: To ensure that any break clauses within residential tenancy agreements for ending an initial fixed term operate equally for both the landlord and tenant. This amendment would delete the Panel's amendment 2(2) and amend amendment 12 to retain the effect of P.24/2025 (Amd.2) (see Ending a tenancy early' section), noting that the Panel's amendment B2 – whilst well intentioned – risks creating uncertainty and generating several unintended consequences. Children will not experience these amendments differently to adults. |
2) Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected? Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education; young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children; children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds; migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children |
All children and young people living in rented dwellings in Jersey. |
3) What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their rights? • Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC • Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision? |
No impacts on children have been identified that would differ from the impacts set out in P-24-2025-Amd-(2)-Add.pdf. |
4) Is a full Children's Rights Impact Assessment required? If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion |
This minor amendment is intended to retain the effect of P.24/2025 (Amd. 2) for which a full CRIA has already been completed – see P-24-2025-Amd-(2)-Add.pdf . This amendment will have no further impacts on the rights of children than already identified in the CRIA for the main proposition. |
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