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Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2012 [Draft]
We move to item 3. Although no points have been raised on the order, I ask the committee to note the communication between our legal advisers and the Scottish Government on obtaining the consent of a minister of the Crown before making the order, and to accept that the consent requirement has been discharged. Are we content?
Why is that consent necessary? I understand that it is probably a legality, but it defeats me why we have to get the authority of the minister of the Crown.
It is a statutory legal requirement to obtain such consent before exercising the power in this way.
I think that we might change that.
All sorts of things might change, but we can only work with the law as we find it. Despite that, is the committee content with the instrument?
Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [Draft]
Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [Draft]
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Excepted Services) Regulations 2012 [Draft]
Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 [Draft]