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Tenements (Scotland) Bill:<br />as amended at Stage 2
Members will remember that we considered the Tenements (Scotland) Bill at an early stage and made recommendations about sections 4(11) and 22(4)(f). Our recommendations are highlighted in paragraph 11 of the legal brief. The Executive has chosen to take up the second one, which is that the power should remain as drafted but should be subject to a restriction to the effect that any changes in the specified sums be limited to changes in the value of money. The power would then be quite specific as to what could happen. In that case, the negative procedure would supply an appropriate level of scrutiny. Is the committee happy with the way in which the Executive has proceeded?
There will be two additional powers in the bill and they will be relevant to the committee. One of those is to do with sale of a property and the second is about issues of access to property. Although it is not possible to give a definitive answer on the proposed powers because we have not been able to examine the amendments, it looks as if there are good reasons for seeking to introduce those powers.
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