Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee, 06 Oct 2005

Meeting date: Thursday, October 6, 2005

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Late Objection (Consideration)

Good afternoon and welcome to the committee's 10th meeting in 2005.

The committee is required to consider a late objection and to decide whether the objector has shown good reason for not lodging the objection within the specified objection period, in which case the objection would be allowed to proceed to preliminary consideration. I invite comments from committee members on the objection, which is annexed to paper WAV/S2/05/10/1.

In view of the facts that previous objections of this type have been accepted and that this appears to be a genuine case of someone's having not been informed, they should be granted the right to be considered as objectors.

I agree.

I agree.

For the interest of the committee, I should say that rule 9A.6.7A of the standing orders states that a late objection may be lodged only up to the first meeting of the committee at consideration stage. As this is our first meeting at consideration stage, no further late objections may now be lodged.

Do members agree that the objection should be allowed to proceed to preliminary consideration?

Members indicated agreement.