Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Official Report 380KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No 2) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/433)

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Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No 2) Amendment Order 2011 (SSI 2011/437)

We move on to item 3, which is consideration of two Scottish statutory instruments that are not subject to parliamentary procedure. I refer members to paper RACCE/S4/12/2/2 and invite comments.

Am I correct in saying that there are two mistakes in the orders? In paragraph 8 of our paper, it says of SSI 2011/437:

“This order amends an error in the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order, with the effect that section 13 (snares) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 comes into force on 1 January 2013 so far as not already in force on that date.”

Over the page, it says that there is a drafting error in the order, because “2011” was left out of the title of SSI 2011/433, which is unfortunate. The committee has now come across six mistakes in orders—

I think that it is probably five mistakes, because two are the same error.

I agree with you, but I thought that I should highlight the issue again.

Okay, thank you for that. If there are no more comments, do we agree to make no comment on the orders?

Members indicated agreement.

The committee will move into private for item 4, as agreed at item 1, and for item 5, as previously agreed.

11:15 Meeting continued in private until 11:31.