Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure

Under agenda item 4, we are considering one instrument, on which an issue has been raised.

First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel) Regulations 2023 [Draft]

The instrument transfers the functions of the council tax reduction review panel to the First-tier Tribunal and makes consequential amendments. The committee identified an incorrect cross-reference in regulation 94(3) of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021, as substituted by paragraph 2(5) of schedule 2 to the instrument. The Scottish Government confirmed that the cross-reference is an error and proposes to rectify it in the instrument when made, as an error that could be corrected by correction slip. Full details of the error can be found in paper 3 on the committee’s web page.

Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground, in respect of a cross-referencing error?

Members indicated agreement.

At the same time, does the committee wish to note the Scottish Government’s proposal for rectifying the error?

Members indicated agreement.