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Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (East Ayrshire Council) Designation Order 2012 (SSI 2012/137)
Parking Attendants (Wearing of Uniforms) (East Ayrshire Council Parking Area) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/138)
Road Traffic (Parking Adjudicators) (East Ayrshire Council) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/139)
Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (South Ayrshire Council) Designation Order 2012 (SSI 2012/140)
Parking Attendants (Wearing of Uniforms) (South Ayrshire Council Parking Area) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/141)
Road Traffic (Parking Adjudicators) (South Ayrshire Council) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/142)
Agenda item 3 is subordinate legislation. The committee is invited to consider a number of negative instruments. Although they appear as one agenda item in our papers, they have been broken down into the relevant topic areas to assist our consideration. The first six instruments relate to the introduction of a decriminalised parking regime in the East Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Council areas; they are set out in full on the agenda. I refer members to the cover note, which is paper 3. No motions to annul have been lodged in relation to the instruments. Does any member have any comment on the instruments?
Do the instruments indicate that there is some problem with parking in Ayrshire that we have previously been unaware of?
No, it happens in Edinburgh already.
The responsibility has been transferred in Aberdeen, too.
One of the attractions of the exercise is that the local authority can gather a profit from it. Is that not the key aspect?
I could not possibly comment. [Laughter.]
There is no danger that it might spread to Aberdeenshire, is there?
You never know.
I am pretty sure that the fines come to the local authority rather than being passed on, and that the local authority can establish its own parking scheme and charges—that is what it is all about.
Is the committee agreed that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the instruments?
A823(M) Pitreavie Spur Trunk Road (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/145)
M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/147)
The next two instruments are regulations regarding variable speed limits on sections of the A823(M) Pitreavie spur and M9, A90, M90 Kirkliston to Halbeath trunk roads. The cover note for the regulations is paper 4. Again, members should note that no motions to annul have been lodged in relation to the instruments.
Private Landlord Registration (Information and Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/151)
Homeowner Housing Panel (Applications and Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/180)
Property Factors (Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/181)
The final three negative instruments are on the information to be provided and fees to be paid in relation to the registration of both private landlords and property factors; and to the functions of the home owner housing panel. Members will note from the cover note, which is paper 5, that Scottish statutory instrument 2012/180, on the home owner housing panel, had yet to be considered by the Subordinate Legislation Committee when we got our papers. However, that committee has now considered the instrument and agreed that it does not need to draw it to the attention of Parliament.
Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional) Order 2012 (SSI 2012/149)
Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No 3) Order 2012 (SSI 2012/150)
Agenda item 4 is consideration of two commencement orders, on property factors and private rented housing, that are not subject to parliamentary procedure. The orders bring into force provisions relating to certain of the negative instruments that we considered under item 3. The cover note on the orders is paper 6.
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