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Instruments subject <br />to Annulment
National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 <br />(SSI 2009/183)
Is the committee content to report to the lead committee and the Parliament that the regulations contain a number of drafting errors, which are set out in the correspondence with the Scottish Government, but to note and welcome the Government's commitment to lodge a corrective instrument to address those errors prior to the regulations coming into force?
Members indicated agreement.
Police Pensions Amendment (Increased Pension Entitlement) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (SSI 2009/185)
Is the committee content to draw the regulations to the attention of the Parliament on the ground that a mistake has been made in a reference to a related statutory instrument? The committee might wish to acknowledge that that mistake is unlikely to have any effect on the operation of the regulations. The committee might also wish to acknowledge and welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to bring forward an amendment to correct the error. Is that agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 <br />(SSI 2009/187)
Is the committee content to report the regulations to the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground of drafting errors, because although regulation 3(a)(ii) of the regulations will insert into the Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/192) a definition of "the Benefits Regulations", the amendments in regulations 3(b), 3(c)(i), 12 and 25 of the 2009 regulations refer to "the Benefit Regulations"? Those errors are not considered to affect the validity of the regulations and are not thought likely to affect their operation. We would welcome the Scottish Government's undertaking to correct the drafting errors in due course.
Members indicated agreement.
University of the West of Scotland Order of Council 2009 (SSI 2009/194)<br />Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2009 (SSI 2009/196)
The committee agreed that no points arose on the instruments.