Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Official Report 339KB pdf
Contents
- Attendance
- Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instruments not subject to Procedure
Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
Good morning everyone. I welcome members of the committee and members of the public to the fourth meeting in session 5 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.
Members will know that Elaine Smith MSP has resigned from the committee and we wish her well. I welcome our new member, Monica Lennon, who attended last week as a substitute and has now been appointed a full member of the committee. I welcome her to her first meeting in that capacity.
Agenda item 1 is the consideration of instruments subject to affirmative procedure. The first three instruments that we have before us are part of a package of instruments on the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. I bring to the committee’s attention the fact that these draft regulations were initially laid on 19 August but were withdrawn and relaid on 8 September to address drafting errors that were identified by our legal advisers.
The frequency with which instruments were withdrawn in the latter part of the previous session in particular was of considerable concern to our predecessor committee. I hope that this situation is an isolated incident and does not reflect the continuation of a trend from the previous session. It is simply not satisfactory for instruments laid before the Parliament to be in such a poor condition that they require to be withdrawn.
There are now no points to raise on the three instruments. Is the committee content with them?
Members indicated agreement.
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
Scottish Tribunals (Offences in Relation to Proceedings) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Chambers) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
Climate Change (Annual Targets) (Scotland) Order 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
Climate Change (Limit on Use of Carbon Units) (Scotland) Order 2016 [Draft]
No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instrument. Is the committee content with it?
Members indicated agreement.
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