Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Official Report 465KB pdf

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Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure

Agenda item 5 is consideration of a number of instruments that are not subject to any parliamentary procedure, on which no points have been raised by our advisers.

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Regulatory Reform (Specification of EU Instruments) (Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/304)

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Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/310)

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Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/314 (C 15))

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Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No 4) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/316 (C 16))

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Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/317)

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Social Security (Switzerland) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/318)

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Act of Sederunt (Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) in the Court of Session) 2019 (SSI 2019/328)

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Act of Sederunt (Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) in the Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Court) 2019 (SSI 2019/329)

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Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit)) 2019 (SSI 2019/330)

SSI 2019/316 will bring into force sections 4 and 8 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003. The act dates from 2003, so there has been quite a gap. I propose that the committee write to the Government to ask for an explanation of why there has been such a delay. Do members agree?

Members indicated agreement.

Notwithstanding that, is the committee content with the instruments?

Members indicated agreement.

10:04 Meeting continued in private until 10:24.