A ''Roads Inspector'' (
Jèrriais
( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English) is a Romance languages, Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an isla ...
: ''L's Înspecteurs des C'mîns'';
French: ''Inspecteur des chemins'') is a statutory office in
Jersey
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
responsible for the maintenance of public highways.
The
Parish Assembly elects two roads inspectors for each
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In the Parish of St Helier, the Roads Inspectors also undertake additional non-statutory responsibilities with regard to the policing of infractions of the Road Traffic Act (Jersey) and other areas of the law within the parochial remit such as dog licensing and fly posting. They also serve as conduits of information to the
Honorary Police.
Their chief role is the annual
Visite du Branchage
A Visite du Branchage is an inspection of roads in Jersey and Guernsey to ensure property owners have complied with the laws against vegetation encroaching onto the road.
Jersey
The Visite du Branchage takes place in each Parishes of Jersey, ...
and the triennial
Visite Royale
The Courts of Jersey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the Law of Jersey, law of the Island, which is a mixture of customary law and Law of Jersey#Sources of law, ...
.
References
Transport in Jersey
Law enforcement agencies of Jersey
Parochial politics of Jersey
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