Jump to full article: Guernsey Press, 2009-10-30
Author: Juliet Pouteaux
Intro: ALDERNEY’S smoking ban law has been approved in the UK - even though Guernsey’s Law Officers said it should not have been submitted.
Several other Bailiwick laws are being redrafted because of UK concerns over so-called ‘Henry VIII clauses’. These wide-ranging ordinance powers would mean laws could be revised locally without having to go back to the Privy Council - the UK legal body which must approve all local primary law.
While Alderney’s smoking legislation has these problematic clauses, it is identical to Guernsey legislation already approved.
‘The problem was the concerns that our secondary legislative powers were stronger than the Ministry of Justice’s primary powers,’ said Alderney representative Richard Willmott
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