Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Other Persons) (Grants) Amendment Revocation Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/306)
Agenda item 5 is subordinate legislation. We have two negative instruments to consider, the first of which is the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Other Persons) (Grants) Amendment Revocation Regulations 2012. The regulations revoke a previous set of regulations and, in doing so, address the committee’s concerns about the drafting of those regulations.
The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the Parliament’s attention to the regulations on the basis that the Scottish Government has failed to meet the 28-day deadline. However, given that the regulations have been brought forward to allow the Scottish Government to address the serious concerns that the Subordinate Legislation Committee and this committee previously raised, the Subordinate Legislation Committee is content to accept the Government’s justification.
The committee is invited to consider any issues that it wishes to raise in reporting to Parliament on the regulations. Members should note that no motion to annul has been received in relation to the regulations.
As members have no comments on the regulations, do they agree that they do not wish to make any recommendation in relation to them?
Members indicated agreement.
M74 Motorway (Fullarton Road to the M8 West of Kingston Bridge) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/320)
The second instrument is the M74 Motorway (Fullarton Road to the M8 West of Kingston Bridge) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2012. The regulations will allow the enforcement of new speed restrictions on a stretch of the M74 that has been subject to temporary speed restrictions.
The Subordinate Legislation Committee did not raise any concerns in relation to the regulations. The committee is invited to consider any issues that it wishes to raise in reporting to Parliament on them. Members should note that no motion to annul has been received in relation to the regulations.
As members have no comments on the regulations, do they agree that they do not wish to make any recommendation in relation to them?
Members indicated agreement.
As previously agreed, we will take the remainder of our business in private. However, before we do so, I record the committee’s thanks to Malcolm Chisholm for his contribution to its work over the past 18 months. Subject to a decision at decision time today, he will take on a new role as a member of the Finance Committee. We wish him all the best.
There will be another change in the committee team. Lewis McNaughton is moving on to the Scottish Parliament information centre on a six-month secondment. We give him our best wishes as well.
I close the public part of the meeting.
12:21
Meeting continued in private until 12:26.