Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
At its meeting on 5 March 2024, the Committee considered the following instrument under its remit and agreed to draw it to the attention of the Parliament:
Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/42).
The Committee's recommendations in relation to this instrument are set out in the next section of this report.
The Committee also determined that, in terms of its remit, it did not need to draw the Parliament's attention to the instruments at the end of the report.
Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/42)
The instrument makes a number of amendments to the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (?the 2023 Regulations?).
The 2023 Regulations require producers of products to collect and/or report data on the amount and type of packaging that they place on the market as part of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging.
Given the length and complexity of the regulations, the Committee asked the Scottish Government about the adequacy of the Explanatory Note for the regulations, which amounted to just one substantive paragraph.
In its response, the Scottish Government agreed upon reflection that additional information would aid the understanding of the instrument and has undertaken to amend the Explanatory Note by way of correction slip at the earliest opportunity.
The lead committee for this instrument is the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
The Committee draws this instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground, on the basis that the Explanatory Note is too brief.
The Committee welcomed the Scottish Government's undertaking to amend the Explanatory Note.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2024?(SSI 2024/60)
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/43)
The Committee obtained further information from the Scottish Government regarding why the tools specified in the instrument are not publicly available.? The Committee draws to the attention of the Lead Committee the Committee's correspondence with the Scottish Government.
The Committee noted the correspondence it received from the Royal College of Nursing Scotland and understands that it has written in similar terms to the Lead Committee.?
Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2024?(SSI 2024/56)
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Non-Domestic Rates (Islands and Remote Areas Hospitality Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/55)
Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/59)
The Committee welcomed that this instrument fulfils a commitment by the Scottish Government to correct an error identified by the Committee in the Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/5).
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024?(SI 2024/192)
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/57 (C.5))
Discretionary Financial Assistance (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/58)
Social Security (Gibraltar) (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2024?(SSI 2024/62)
Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024?(SSI 2024/63 (C.6))