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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment
Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/378)
Does the committee want to draw the regulations to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground that there appears to be a doubt as to whether they are intra vires?
Does the committee want to draw the regulations to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground that we sought and received clarification from the Scottish Government on the change in the definition of "official samples", with regard to breeding flocks, with which it is satisfied? We might also wish to add that it would have been helpful of the Government to have clarified that in the explanatory note. Are we agreed?
Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/387)
First, is the committee happy to report to the lead committee and to the Parliament that it sought and received from the Scottish Government an explanation of the meaning and effect of regulations 1(3)(b) and 19, and that it is satisfied with that explanation?
Secondly, does the Committee wish to note that this is the 21st time that the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 (SI 1987/257) have been amended, and to recommend that the Scottish Government should consider making future amendments by way of a consolidation?
Edinburgh Napier University Order of Council 2008 (SSI 2008/388)<br />Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/389)
Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986 Amendment Rules 2008 (SSI 2008/393)<br />Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No 2) Amendment Rules 2008 (SSI 2008/396)
Building (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/397)
The committee agreed that no points arose on the instruments.
Meeting continued in private until 14:40.