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Chamber and committees

Subordinate Legislation Committee, 11 Dec 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001


Contents


Instruments Subject to Annulment


Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000 Amendment Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/448)

Mair fish. There are a few wee typos. We can draw that to the Executive's attention in an informal letter.


Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001 (SSI 2001/449)

Did you know that you cannot go and gather cockles in the Solway firth?

Is that because they are radioactive?

Presumably.

It is not because they are radioactive but because we need to rejuvenate the cockle stocks.

Gosh, he is terrific.

A real enthusiast.

It is good that they are not radioactive.

The committee is extremely grateful for that insight.

During the spatting season—

Do cockles do that sort of thing?

Apparently so.

I do not think that anything arises on that.

Indeed, things are going fine in the cockle kingdom.


Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (No 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/450)

No points arise on the regulations.


Plant Protection Products Amendment<br />(No 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001<br />(SSI 2001/454)

There have been some serious breaches of the 21-day rule. We have to ask the Executive for an assurance that no one has been prejudiced because of the way in which it has been done.


Import and Export Restrictions<br />(Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland)<br />(No 3) Amendment Regulations 2001<br />(SSI 2001/455)

The Convener:

The only point that might arise is that the instrument does not give an indication of the subject matter of the individual regulations amended, as required by good drafting practice. There is nothing wrong with the instrument, it is just that it does not say what it is about. We can deal with it through a nice letter.

A very nice letter.

We can write and say that we want to know what it is about. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Meeting closed at 12:09.