 Normally the consent of Chief Pleas is obtained for this, but the Supreme Court ruled in "R v Secretary of State for Justice" [2014] UKSC 54 that it need not be.Sark does not make its own criminal laws; the responsibility for making criminal law was assigned to the States of Guernsey by Section 4(3) of the Reform (Sark) Law 2008.The executive officers on the island are