Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
- Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/190)
Agenda item 2 is consideration of a Scottish statutory instrument that has been laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. We are considering the scrutiny procedure under which it has been laid and the categorisation that the Scottish Government has applied.
SSI 2019/190 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance. It amends various marketing regulations for seed and plant propagating materials. As well as transposing European Union directives to ensure that there are minimum quality standards and traceability, the instrument corrects errors in a previous instrument that were identified by the committee at its meeting on 12 March.
Our advisers indicate that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content that the appropriate scrutiny procedure and categorisation have been applied?
Members indicated agreement.