Subordinate Legislation Committee, 21 Apr 2009

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Official Report 76KB pdf

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Instruments not laid before the Parliament

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Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No 7, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009 <br />(SSI 2009/122)

Although it might be considered that there has been a failure to follow proper legislative practice in relation to the order, the Government's response indicates that full consideration appears to have been given to commencement options, including stakeholder engagement in that regard. On that basis, are members content to note the response as acceptable?

Members indicated agreement.

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Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No 6) (Building Society Special Administration etc) 2009 (SSI 2009/135)

The committee agreed that no points arose on the instrument.

I have a general point that relates to the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009. Our legal brief comments that we are on the 15th amendment to the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/460) and mentions consolidation. Should we raise that point again, or is it taken for granted, given that we have raised it so many times in the past?

I am told by our clerk that the issue will be dealt with in a later report. The point stands that, in the interim, the more we keep raising that consolidation issue, the better—it would be inconsistent not to do so. Notwithstanding that, we will consider the issue in a later report.

We will now move into private. I thank the official report staff.

Meeting continued in private until 14:35.