Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
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Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Category
- Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/84)
Agenda item 2 is consideration of an instrument that has been laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. We are considering the scrutiny procedure under which the instrument has been laid and the categorisation that the Scottish Government has applied. The instrument has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance.
The regulations amend the definition of “wild bird” in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, so that, when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, birds that are resident in or visitors to the UK will continue to be caught by the definition and will benefit from the protection that that status confers.
Our advisers indicate that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content that that is the case?
Members indicated agreement.