Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, June 14, 2018

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Petition

Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012 (PE1676)

Agenda item 4 is consideration of petition PE1676, from Tony Rosser, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012.

As members are aware, the committee has previously shortlisted the 2012 act as one of the acts that it will consider as part of its post-legislative scrutiny work programme. The Public Petitions Committee has referred the petition to this committee on that basis.

Members will also recall that, for each of the shortlisted acts, the committee has agreed to hear further from the stakeholders who suggested the act before agreeing our approach to post-legislative scrutiny. This will give the committee an opportunity to explore the concerns in more detail and gain an understanding of the issues and will generally help to inform the committee’s approach.

Do members agree to consider whether we wish to include the issues that are raised in the petition when agreeing the committee’s approach to post-legislative scrutiny of the Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012?

Members indicated agreement.

I now close the public part of the meeting. We will move into private session.