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Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Commencement No 2) Order 2004<br />(SSI 2004/28)
No points have been raised on the order.
Article 2(1) could, and should, have specified a calendar date for the coming into force of the sections of the parent act to which it refers. That error does not mean that the order will not work, but it is not good drafting practice.
We will write back to the Scottish Executive on that. Is that agreed?
There is a second minor point, about the drafting of the explanatory note. We will raise that in our correspondence.
Would that not be an informal matter?
Yes—we will raise that second point in an informal note.
Health Act 1999 (Commencement No 14) (Scotland) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/32)
No points arise on the order.
Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (Commencement No 3) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/33)
No points have been identified on the order.
There are, however, some minor typographical errors.
We can deal with them informally.
Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No 4) Amendment Order 2004 (SSI 2004/45)
No substantive points have been identified.
We can add any minor points to our informal letter, which is going to be very long.
Yes, it looks as though that will be the case, as we pick up the points that have been raised in the legal brief.
Meeting closed at 11:25.