Subordinate Legislation Committee, 26 Apr 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Official Report 114KB pdf

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Instruments Subject to Annulment

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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment

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Education (Student Fees and Support) Temporary Protection (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 <br />(SSI 2005/217)

No substantive points arise on the regulations.

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Production of Bovine Collagen Intended for Human Consumption in the United Kingdom (Scotland) Regulations 2005 <br />(SSI 2005/218)

The same issue arises that we raised earlier, regarding reference to European Council obligations to consult in the preamble. Is that agreed?

Will we report the defective drafting to the lead committee?

Yes, exactly as we agreed to do earlier.

And will we raise the other points in an informal letter?

Absolutely.

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Food Labelling Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/222)

These regulations fail to cite in the preamble the EC obligation to consult on the regulations—the point that we raised earlier. Christine May will say something about the second point, on transposition notes.

I am delighted to note that the Executive has provided a transposition note with the regulations, as part of a trial run. I believe that that was also the case with an instrument last week, when I was not here. I note the comment that, while these are straightforward regulations, in other instances where the instrument has been complex, such a note has been welcome.

First, I welcome the transposition note, and ask that those comments be passed on to the Executive. Secondly, I hope that the feedback that the Executive is getting from the trial run will be so positive that it will mainstream transposition notes and have them as a permanent run.

We all hope so. I am sure that we can make points to that effect.

The third point concerns regulation 8. Members will see that regulation 8(b) includes the words "Food Labelling Regulations 1996" in new regulation 50(13)(b) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1499), whereas every other reference in the principal regulations is to "these regulations". That should be made clearer. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.