Model of electoral management

Jersey, Public Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 (last amended in 2021), accessed 24 April 2022

1. Interpretation

In this Law unless the context otherwise requires – […]

“Autorisé” means a returning officer, being a person appointed under Article 17(2)(b);

17. Order for election

(1)     The Royal Court must –

(a)     make an order for the holding of a public election where such an election is required under Article 6 or 13 of the States of Jersey Law 2005 or Article 2 or 3 of the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008;

(b)     make an order for the holding of a parish election where such an election is required under Article 3 of the Centeniers (Terms of Office) (Jersey) Law 2007, Article 2 of the Loi (1853) au sujet des centeniers et officiers de police or Article 3 of the Procureurs du Bien Public (Terms of Office) (Jersey) Law 2013.

(2)     The order shall –

(a)     subject to paragraph (2AA)(a), fix the day (being a Wednesday or, instead, such other day of the week as the States may prescribe by Regulations) for taking the poll if a poll becomes necessary, that day being not earlier than the day falling 38 days after the date when the Court makes the order;

(b)     appoint a Jurat or other public official as Autorisé for the poll in each electoral district;

(c)     fix the time, and the date, when the persons elected shall appear in the Court to take their oaths (subject to Article 54(2)); and

(d)     direct the principal Autorisé to deliver a return about the election to the Court.

Each Autorisé is under the overall guidance of The Royal Court.