Health and Sport Committee, 26 Mar 2008
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/87)<br />Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) Scotland Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/96)
Meat Products (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/97)
Under item 2 on our agenda, we have three Scottish statutory instruments to consider under the negative procedure.
SSI 2008/87 implements the emergency control measures set out in European Commission decision 2006/601/EC, to deal with potentially contaminated rice imported from the United States of America.
SSI 2008/96 uprates the tariff of amounts that hospitals can recover from compensators for treating victims of road traffic accidents, when the victim has successfully claimed for personal injury compensation. As the original scheme was established in January 2007, there was no uprating last April.
SSI 2008/97 brings labelling requirements for starch and protein in Scotland into line with European legislation and removes uncertainty in the law regarding the definition of a "technological purpose" for added starch and protein.
The Subordinate Legislation Committee made no comments on the instruments. No other comments have been received from members and no motions to annul have been lodged. Are we agreed that the committee does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the three sets of regulations?
Members indicated agreement.
We are awaiting the arrival of the first witness so I will suspend the meeting.
Meeting suspended.
On resuming—