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Various points were raised in relation to the regulations. A number of the instruments referred to in the text of the regulations appear to have been amended but no note of that fact is given in the footnotes. Our legal adviser queried why reference is made to level 5 on the standard scale rather than to the statutory maximum. There was also a question about the power of Scottish ministers to confer functions to a minister of the Crown. I might not necessarily have any qualms about that, but we might want to get some clarification of the efficacy of the procedure, given the potential legal pitfalls.