Subordinate Legislation Committee, 02 Mar 2004

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Official Report 96KB pdf

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Instruments Subject to Annulment

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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment

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National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Amendment Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/62)

The regulations are on the national health service superannuation scheme. No points of substance arose, but a number of minor and drafting points have been listed in our papers. As there are quite a few of them, I suggest that we deal with them in an informal letter to the Executive. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

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National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 <br />(SSI 2004/66)

No major points arise on the regulations. Do we agree to write informally to the Executive to list the minor and drafting errors that have been found?

Members indicated agreement.

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Domestic Water and Sewerage Charges (Reduction) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/68)

The regulations increase the threshold for the reduction of water and sewerage charges for the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 under the transitional water and sewerage charges reduction scheme. The regulations follow the same style as similar regulations made in previous years, with the substitution of £240 for the relevant threshold figure. The formula that is set out in the regulations might intrigue members—I was tempted to work it out myself.

Our legal adviser wants to highlight the fact that regulation 1 contains a number of unnecessary definitions of terms that are already defined in the parent act, such as "charges scheme" and "Scottish Water". Does the committee agree to write to the Executive informally on that point and on the other minor points that have been raised?

Members indicated agreement.

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Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/70)

We have four points to raise with the Executive on the regulations. Our legal adviser believes that the most important point relates to the question of whether regulation 14(3) should be extended to include powers of entry for the purposes of enforcing regulation 16(d).

Do we agree to write to the Executive to ask for an explanation of the four points?

Members indicated agreement.

Do we agree to write a further informal letter to the Executive to raise the minor points that have been raised by the legal adviser and the errors that have been detected in the footnotes?

Members indicated agreement.