Transport and the Environment Committee, 06 Mar 2002

Meeting date: Wednesday, March 6, 2002

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Subordinate Legislation

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Domestic Water and Sewerage Charges (Reduction) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/47)

Agenda item 2 is consideration of a negative instrument, the Domestic Water and Sewerage Charges (Reduction) (Scotland) Regulations 2002. The instrument was laid before Parliament on 8 February 2002 and the regulations come into force on 1 April 2002. We are required to report on the regulations by 18 March 2002. The Subordinate Legislation Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 26 February and determined that the attention of Parliament need not be drawn to them. We are invited to agree on our report on the regulations.

The regulations concern the reduction in charges for certain customers of Scottish Water. They are required to come into force in order that the scheme of reductions proposed by the Executive can be implemented on 1 April. No member has lodged a motion to annul the regulations. Do I take it that the committee is agreed that it has nothing to report on the regulations?

Members indicated agreement.

Meeting continued in private until 12:06.