Local Government and Communities Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Official Report 535KB pdf

---

Subordinate Legislation

---

Letting Agent Registration (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/432)

---

Licensing of Relevant Permanent Sites (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/433)

Welcome back. We now move to item 3, which is subordinate legislation. The committee will consider instruments SSI 2016/432 and SSI 2016/433.

The instruments are laid under the negative procedure, which means that their provisions will come into force unless the Parliament votes on a motion to annul the instruments. I confirm that no motions to annul have been laid. I invite members to comment on the instruments.

I particularly welcome the licensing of caravan sites. Folk have wanted that for a long time and it is great to see secondary legislation coming through that will improve the lives of people who live on mobile home sites.

I thank Mr Wightman for putting that on the record. Sometimes, people watching at home just hear us uttering numbers and they must wonder what on earth we are talking about. It is helpful that Mr Wightman has drawn our attention to what the SSI is about.

I invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to those instruments. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Thank you. We now move into private session, as previously agreed.

11:40 Meeting continued in private until 12:18.