Subordinate Legislation Committee, 27 Nov 2007

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Official Report 129KB pdf

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Draft Guidance Subject to Approval

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Draft Guidance Subject <br />to Approval

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Environmental Protection Act 1990: Part IIA Contaminated Land<br />The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2007 <br />Draft Statutory Guidance (SE/2007/168)

Are members content to ask the Scottish Government to explain the delay between the coming into force of the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/179) on 30 October 2007 and the laying of the draft guidance on 16 November 2007, as the guidance cannot now be made earlier than 8 January 2008?

Are members also content to ask why paragraph 8 of the introduction to the draft guidance states that the statutory guidance applies only to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, when it appears that chapter A of annex 3, "Statutory Guidance", relates to local authorities' functions in terms of section 78A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? In other words, the power is rather wider than one would first think. Are members content for us to go that route?

Members indicated agreement.

There are also a number of minor points that can be raised informally with the Scottish Government.