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Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (draft)
Agenda item 3 is on Executive responses. As a result of our comments, the order has been withdrawn and relaid. We will consider the new order later but we need to dispose of this one first. We need to report on it. We will report on all the things that we thought were wrong with it. We asked the Executive to explain the difference in effect between paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of article 3. The Executive states that there is no difference. We will tell Parliament about that on the grounds either that it could be clearer or that it does not follow proper legislative practice. The Executive has accepted that there is a minor drafting error.
Which of the two options that you read out do you opt for?
I thought that we were going to say both.
That is very inclusive of you.
We could say that the meaning could be clearer and that at the very least the order does not represent good legislative practice.
I did not realise that the "or" was a conjunctive and/or type "or". I had assumed in my naivety that those were alternatives and that we should select one, but I am happy to opt for both.
Good.