Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Official Report 348KB pdf

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Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure

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Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 Remedial Order 2014 [Draft]

We come to agenda item 2. Members will recall that the committee considered a draft of the order during its pre-laying consultation stage in January and February of this year. A revised draft of the remedial order has now been laid before the Parliament for approval under the affirmative procedure, along with an accompanying statement of observations and reasons as required by the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001. The statement comments on any written observations submitted within the consultation period, including the report submitted by this committee.

The committee is required to scrutinise the draft order in the same manner as it would any other instrument, applying the reporting grounds set out in rule 10.3 of standing orders. Members will have seen the revised draft order and the briefing paper from our legal advisers. If members have no comments, do we agree to report that we are content with the draft remedial order and the accompanying statement of observations and reasons?

Members indicated agreement.