COVID-19 Jersey Construction Industry Update: Construction Site Permits

As the construction industry seeks to navigate the ever changing landscape resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Government of Jersey has supplemented the legislative framework regulating the operation of construction sites in the Island.

The Covid-19 (Construction Work) (Jersey) Order 2020 (the "Order") was made on 22 April 2020, and came into force on 23 April 2020. It is another example of the swift legislative response to the developing challenges presented by COVID-19, and was made under the Covid-19 (Construction Work) (Jersey) Regulations 2020 (the "Construction Regulations").

In reviewing and interpreting the Order (and indeed the Construction Regulations), it is important to have regard to the Health & Safety (Management in Construction) (Jersey) Regulations 2016, from which many important definitions derive. This can add to the challenges in navigating the regulatory regime, and requires that a careful and considered approach is applied.