Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Official Report 390KB pdf

Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure

Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial Order 2018 [Draft]

Item 3 is consideration of instruments subject to affirmative procedure.

Our legal advisers have not raised any points on the draft remedial order.

Members will recall that the committee took evidence on the proposed draft remedial order in October last year and submitted a response in November to the Government’s consultation on the proposed draft order. In our response, we highlighted areas that we recommended the Government should explore further as part of its wider review of the higher-level disclosure system. The statement that accompanies the instrument sets out the Government’s response to our submission and confirms that ministers do not intend to make any changes to the proposed draft remedial order that was consulted on, other than to change some minor points noted by the committee.

Does the committee wish to welcome the consideration already given by the Government to the committee’s submission, as discussed in the statement provided with the draft order, and to encourage the Government to explore further the various matters raised in that submission in its on-going wider review of the higher-level disclosure regime?

Members indicated agreement.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018 [Draft]

Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc) Regulations 2018 [Draft]

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Supplementary and Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 [Draft]

No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the instruments. Is the committee content?

Members indicated agreement.