Health and Community Care Committee, 05 Apr 2000

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 5, 2000

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Subordinate Legislation

We move now to a series of statutory instruments, all of them under the negative procedure. We will go through them one by one.

The first is the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/44). The Subordinate Legislation Committee has said that the Parliament's attention need not be drawn to the instrument and the recommendation is that this committee take no further action. Are we all agreed with that recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.

The next instrument is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/45), which again is not controversial. Are there any comments? If not, are we all agreed that we should make no recommendation on the instrument?

Members indicated agreement.

The next instrument, the Health Technology Board for Scotland Order 2000 (SSI 2000/47), is slightly more controversial. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the attention of Parliament to certain vires issues in relation to the instrument and the Scotland Act 1998. Given that it has done that, and that there do not appear to be any health issues, are we agreed that we should make no recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.

The next instrument is the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/50). Again, there is nothing controversial about the instrument. Are we all agreed that we should make no recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.

The next instrument is the National Health Service (Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/54). The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the attention of the Parliament to a vires issue, but I do not think that the committee needs to do anything more. Is it agreed that we should make no recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.

The next instrument is the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/61). The recommendation is that we do not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to it. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee raised some drafting points about the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/62). Is there anything more that anyone wants to say about that? Is it agreed that we make no recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.

No motions are lodged against the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2000 (SI 2000/745). We are the secondary committee to the Transport and the Environment Committee on that. Is it agreed that we should make no recommendation?

Members indicated agreement.