Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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Subordinate Legislation

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Vegetable Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/425)

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Flood Risk Management (Flood Protection Schemes, Potentially Vulnerable Areas and Local Plan Districts) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/426)

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Scallops (Luce Bay) (Prohibition of Fishing) Variation Order 2010 (SSI 2010/429)

The next item of business is consideration of three negative instruments. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has made no comment on any of the regulations, and no motions to annul have been lodged. Does any member have any point to raise on any of the three instruments?

I would like to raise a point on the Scallops (Luce Bay) (Prohibition of Fishing) Variation Order 2010. I draw attention to what must be a typo in the Executive note. Under the policy objectives heading, it states that the order

“will enable Luce Bay to reopen to scallop dredging from 8 November.”

From everything that I have read, I am sure that that can only mean 8 December. I assume that it is a typo, but nonetheless I imagine that it should be sorted.

We have that on the public record, and we will ensure that it is looked at.

Thank you.

Does the committee agree that it has no recommendations to make on SSI 2010/425, SSI 2010/426 and SSI 2010/429?

Members indicated agreement.