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Instruments Not Laid Before <br />the Parliament
Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No 2) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/331)
Although no points arise on the order, members may—or may not—be aware that our legal advisers have drawn the Executive's attention to a typographical error. The typo, which will be corrected in the printed version of the order, relates to the date at which certain parts of section 15 of the act are to come into force. The order reads "3 July 2005", whereas it should read "3 July 2006". That will be rectified.
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No 9) Order 2006 <br />(SSI 2006/332)
No points arise on the order.
Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Scotland) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/336)
Quite a number of points arise on the order. Do we want to raise any of them?
As with a previous instrument, an awful lot of questions arise about the accuracy of the order, in that some paragraph references are out of place, explanations are missing and there are a series of minor points. Coupled with that, the absence of a transposition note is unhelpful. All our staff are under the cosh with the amount of work that is required of them. We should draw the matter to the Executive's attention.
The order is the third instrument this morning that has not had a transposition note when that would have been helpful.
Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/352)
No substantive points arise on the order, but there is a minor point that we can raise informally. Is that agreed?
Finally, our last meeting—before the summer recess—is next Tuesday 27 June. Our legal advisers and clerks are cheery about that.
Convener, you are a tease. For one glorious moment, I thought that you were about to tell us that this was our last meeting before the summer.
If only. Thank you all for attending today. I now close the meeting.
Meeting closed at 11:03.
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