Chamber and committees

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting Minutes

10th Meeting, 2023

Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Session: 6
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Meeting opened at: 09:00
Meeting closed at: 11:28
Published: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 01:32pm

Committee Members Attendees

Also Present

Tom Arthur MSP (Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth)

1 Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure:

The Committee agreed to bring to the attention of the Parliament the following—

Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules 1999 Amendment) (Sexual Harm Prevention Orders and Sexual Risk Orders) 2023 (SSI 2023/

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/72 (C.6))

2 Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2.

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 54, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 67, 16, 17, 18, 19, 74, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46.

The following amendments were agreed to (by division)-

58 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
59 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
60 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
51 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
64 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
65 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
16B (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
70 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
71 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
72 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
81 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
83 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
53(For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0)

The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 55, 62, 47 and 52.

The following amendments were not moved: 56, 57, 61, 63, 48, 49, 50, 66, 16A, 68, 69, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84 and 85.

The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: sections 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118 and the long title.

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 31, 34, 35, 39, 42, 43, 47, 56, 64, 66, 71, 91, 92, 97, 102, 105, 107, 111, 114, and 116.

The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill