Licensing Conditions (Late Opening Premises) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/336)<br />Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) (Scotland) Order 2007 (SSI 2007/354)
Recovery of Maintenance (United States of America) (Scotland) Order 2007<br />(SSI 2007/355)
Under item 3, there are 10 negative instruments for the committee to consider. Are members content to note the first three instruments?
European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/358)<br />European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2007 (SSI 2007/359)
Stuart McMillan wants to raise a point about the next two instruments.
When reading through the instruments, I was concerned that the delay in laying them before the Parliament—both pre-May and post-May—could have caused some damage if lawyers from Romania and Bulgaria had applied to practise in Scotland. I am rather unhappy at that delay, and I would like that to be noted. Can we write to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to highlight the matter?
The point is well made. Although massive numbers of advocates from the Balkans have not been queuing up at the High Court or the Court of Session, we could have been in a position of some embarrassment if any such person had attempted to obtain rights of audience in either court. In the circumstances, I think that we should note our concern by drawing the matter to the cabinet secretary's attention. Is that agreed? Are members also content to note both instruments?
Gambling Act 2005 (Review of Premises Licences) (Scotland) Regulations 2007<br />(SSI 2007/394)<br />Gambling Act 2005 (Fees No 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/395)
Licensing (Training of Staff) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/397)<br />Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Scotland) Order 2007 (SSI 2007/398)
Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment<br />(No 2) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/425)
Are members content to note the other instruments?
As the committee will now move into private session, I ask all members of the public to leave the room.
Meeting continued in private until 11:56.
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