Subordinate Legislation Committee, 25 Sep 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Official Report 128KB pdf

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National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/301)

We asked the Executive for comments on two aspects of the regulations. We asked for an explanation of what paragraph (5) adds to paragraph (1) of regulation 12. Does the committee agree to draw that to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground that the regulations are defectively drafted?

Members indicated agreement.

We also asked for an explanation of why the explanatory note does not highlight the amendments made to the consolidated regulations, nor indicate where the detail of the provisions may be found. Do we agree to draw that to the attention of the lead committee on the ground of defective drafting of the explanatory note?

Yes.

It is quite important because the explanatory note is supposed to make things easy.