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Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Professional Conduct) (Amendment)<br />(No 2) Rules 2002 Approval (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/142)
There are some minor typos in the order, but they could be dealt with by informal letter.
I am surprised that the boys did not mention that the drafting is not gender neutral. The order assumes that all nurses are women. We know that all good nurses are women, but does any member want to make a big issue of that? Let us hear it for men's liberation?
Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc Rules) Amendment (No 3) (Adults with Incapacity) 2002 (SSI 2002/146)
The next order is the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No 2—
You missed out an instrument, convener.
The act of sederunt.
I am sorry. I did not know how we would be pronouncing that this week.
No points arise on the instrument.
Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/162)
The order appears to be fine, except for the split infinitive, of which there is a nasty example.
I thought that an English teacher would have picked up on that.
The sentence is not even in the present tense—it is quite convoluted.
Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/168)
There is a small typo, but the order is fine.
Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (Commencement No 1) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/170)
No points arise on the order.
Perhaps we should pat ourselves on the back. It appears that the Executive has taken on board our criticism of the inadequacy of explanatory notes and is doing things better. That is good.
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (Commencement No 1) (Amendment) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/172)
There are no problems with the order, which excludes from commencement certain provisions of the act that were to have come into force on 1 April.
Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/181)
I thought that we had heard the last of wild mammals. The order brings the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 into force on 1 August 2002.
The instrument is technically correct, but I want to raise a Sandra White point about it. Given that the act might be subject to legal challenge, an instrument bringing the act into effect might be premature at this stage, although, strictly speaking, that is not a matter for the committee.
I agree.
That is why I referred to the point as a Sandra White point.
I was extremely understanding about the angst involved in the transfer of an area from one local council to another and I am just as understanding about Murdo Fraser's point. He is worried about people not being able to get to the foxes.
Meeting closed at 11:53.