Local Government and Communities Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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Subordinate Legislation

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2020 (2020/366)

Item 4 is consideration of a negative instrument, as listed on the agenda. I refer members to committee paper 3. The instrument is laid under the negative procedure, which means that its provisions will come into force unless the Parliament agrees to a motion to annul it. No motion to annul have been lodged.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument on 24 November and determined that it did not need to draw Parliament’s attention to the instrument on any grounds in its remit.

Do members have any comments on the instrument?

This morning, when I was thinking about what the instrument could be used for, I heard the announcement about the Covid-19 vaccine. That leads me to guess that it is about infrastructure for roll-out of testing and vaccinations, so it is an important piece of subordinate legislation. I am very interested to see it in front of us today, and look forward to scrutinising its impact in the future.

As no other member wants to comment, I invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations on the instrument. Are we agreed?

As no member objects, that is agreed.