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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information to and by Lord Advocate and Scottish Ministers) Order 2003 (draft)
The Executive has not said when the enabling powers in relation to the order will come into force, so we have to ask when that will happen. Is that correct?
Yes. We have to do the same with the next statutory instrument.
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations: Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2003 (draft)
Again, we have to ask the Executive what arrangements are in place to bring the enabling powers into force.
This is perhaps a question of style or of drafting consistency, but there is no reference to human rights obligations. I think that, in the past, the Executive has taken the view that those obligations are implicit in legislation such as this. Perhaps we should ask the Executive. Is that agreed?
Did you mention the possibility that there is some text missing from the last sentence on page 6 of the order?
I did not, but I am glad that you were eagle eyed enough to spot that. We will ask informally whether there is text missing. We do not need to make a big deal out of it.
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