Laws
When a law has been drafted it is called a Projet de Loi (literally a draft Law), which is the same as a Parliamentary Bill in England. As such, a Projet de Loi cannot come into force until it has been approved by the King in Council (by Order in Council) and registered by the Royal Court. A Projet de Loi that has received Royal Sanction is sometimes referred to as an Order in Council, but more normally as a Law.
Projets de Loi in general deal with those areas where the States of Deliberation do not have customary powers to enact Ordinances, or where Laws are perceived to be necessary, for example, to create any new tax (eg, the Income Tax Law), to regulate rights of property (eg, the Land Planning and Development Law) or to amend the customary law e.g. the law of inheritance (eg, the Law Reform (Inheritance and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Guernsey) Law).
In order to help users find the relevant content, the Laws and Orders in Council, have been split up into Guernsey & Bailiwick, Alderney and Sark and each section can be accessed via the links at the top of the screen.
To view a list of laws published by the Office of H.M. Greffier since 1950 please click here.