Draft Shipping (IMO Conventions) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.36/2026) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision Decision' means:

• an Assembly proposition

• an amendment (or further amendment) to a proposition

• for Ministerial duty-bearers, policy under development

The amendments proposed within the Draft Shipping (IMO Conventions) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- will, if adopted, represent a crucial step towards bringing Jersey's maritime legislation up to date with the international conventions it is signed up to as a member of the IMO.

In 2022, Jersey's Maritime Administration was subject to an audit, conducted by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) on behalf of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The audit found that Jersey's maritime legislation did not accurately reflect the international conventions it has signed up to or joined. This was because updates to relevant IMO conventions (such as SOLAS and MARPOL) had not been properly incorporated into Jersey's maritime law when it was drafted. In practice, this means references to IMO conventions in Jersey legislation appear as old, point-in-time references. As IMO conventions are updated periodically, Jersey's legislation has fallen behind on reflecting subsequent updates to the relevant conventions, making it non-compliant.

This proposition forms part of a wider legislative project which seeks to resolve this finding, thereby ensuring compliance with our international obligations. The project consists of 2 propositions. This proposition (the first one) amends the relevant primary law so that Regulations and Orders made under it may make ambulatory reference to IMO conventions and UK legislation, meaning any reference will always operate as reference to the current version of the IMO convention or UK legislation. Ambulatory references will allow future updates to applicable maritime conventions to be automatically applied to Jersey. Regulations and Order will be amended in the second proposition.

Children are unaffected by this proposition.

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

Not applicable.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their rights?

Impacts may be positive or negative, direct or indirect

Include whether different groups of children will be affected differently by the decision

No impact.

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

A full Childs Rights Impact Assessment is not required. This is because the proposition has no impact on children, due to the nature of the proposition relating to ensuring Jersey's maritime law accurately reflects the international maritime conventions it has joined or signed up to. It is a housekeeping project, which ensures Jersey remains compliant with its obligations under the IMO and is able to clearly set out in law the most up to date version of a convention which it has signed up to.