Under agenda item 2, we will look at three instruments under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which involves considering the scrutiny procedure under which they have been laid and the categorisation that the Scottish Government has applied to them.
SSI 2019/169 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance. The instrument preserves the current common market organisation rules on the marketing of horticultural produce and bananas from exit day by making technical corrections to the relevant domestic regulations. It does so to ensure that the legislation functions appropriately in the domestic, as opposed to the European Union, context.
It is suggested that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content with that?
Members indicated agreement.