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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Transitory Provisions in Consequence of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) Order 2009 (SSI 2009/4)
Are we agreed that the reasons supplied by the Scottish Government for the failure to comply with the 21-day rule, which is set out in article 10(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999 (SI 1999/1096), are satisfactory, and to report accordingly?
It is proposed that we report the order to the lead committee and to the Parliament on the following grounds: that the Scottish Government has admitted that there was a failure to expedite the publication of the order, which was not published until after it came into force, and has indicated that it will work with the office of the Queen's printer for Scotland to ensure that that does not happen again; that the Committee's view is that it would have been possible to specify the date that the order comes into force on the face of the order rather than by referring to the related English order, and that we consider that that approach would have been more transparent and accessible for the reader; and that article 5(2) contains a drafting error that has been acknowledged by the Scottish Government but which is not thought to affect the legal operation or effect of the instrument. Are we agreed?
Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2009 (SSI 2009/6)
Are we agreed that the explanation provided by the Government is only partially satisfactory and, if so, do we agree to report the order to the lead committee and the Parliament on the basis that an explanation was obtained from the Scottish Government with which the committee is only partly satisfied, but that we do not wish to draw attention to the order in relation to any ground within our remit?
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Transitional Provision) Order 2009 (SSI 2009/17)<br />Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006 (Development Planning) (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Amendment Order 2009 <br />(SSI 2009/18)
Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Amendment Order 2009 (SSI 2009/20)<br />Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SSI 2009/21)
Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2009 (SSI 2009/26)
The committee agreed that no points arose on the instruments.
I thank you. Today's has been one of our shorter meetings. We meet next week on 10 February at 2.15, in a room to be advised.
Meeting closed at 14:25.