The Economic Development Minister told the Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny panel this week that the decision on whether to bring the game to Jersey currently lay with the law officers, but he was hopeful that the process would not take much longer. Senator Alan Maclean was addressing the panel as part of their review into the Fort Regent site.
During the session – which was held during States Members’ lunchbreak from the Strategic Plan debate – panel chairman Deputy Roy Le Hérissier asked the minister whether he thought it would be possible to draw from either the UK or Jersey lotteries for funding for Fort Regent.
‘There are some legal issues yet to be resolved to get the National Lottery here,’ responded Senator Maclean. ‘Until they can be resolved there is a bit of an “if” floating around with regards to bringing the National Lottery to Jersey.’
He added: ‘It’s with the law officers at the moment and I’m not sure how long that is going to take. Hopefully it won’t be much longer.’
