Local Government and Communities Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021

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Subordinate Legislation

Proposed Statutory Guidance (Sports Club Relief)

Item 7 is consideration of statutory guidance on sports club relief. I refer members to paper 5, which contains further detail. The statutory guidance is not subordinate legislation but is subject to the negative procedure. That is as a result of recommendations that were made by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee and this committee earlier this session when we considered the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill, to which the Scottish Government agreed. That means that the guidance will come into force unless Parliament agrees a motion to annul it. No motions to annul have been lodged. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the guidance at its meeting on 26 January 2021 and determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the guidance on any grounds within its remit.

As no member has any comments on the guidance, I invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the guidance. Does anyone object?

No one objects so that is agreed.

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021 (SSI 2021/29)

Item 8 is consideration of a negative instrument as listed on the agenda. I refer members to paper 6, which contains further detail. The instrument is lodged under the negative procedure, which means that the provisions will come into force unless the Parliament agrees to a motion to annul them. No motions to annul them have been lodged. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the order at its meeting on 2 February 2021 and determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to it on any grounds within its remit.

As no member has any comments on the order, I invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the instrument. Does anyone object?

No one has objected so we are agreed.

That concludes the public part of the meeting. The meeting will continue in private on Microsoft Teams.