Transport and the Environment Committee, 28 Jun 2000
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
We move now to agenda item 4, which is subordinate legislation. We have two negative Scottish statutory instruments to deal with. The first is the Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/169), which is accompanied by a briefing paper, the Executive cover note and the regulatory and environmental impact assessment. In addition, European Council directive 1999/32/EC has been circulated with the papers.
The regulation comes into force on 30 June, with a time limit for parliamentary action on it of 11 September. The Transport and the Environment Committee is required to report on the instrument by 4 September. Should annulment be required under rule 10(4), the Transport and the Environment Committee will have to debate the matter and report on its decision to Parliament. The Subordinate Legislation Committee considered the instrument on 13 June and determined that the attention of the Parliament need not be drawn to the instrument. Are there any comments?
Members indicated disagreement.
There is none, so we have nothing to report on the instrument.
The second negative Scottish statutory instrument is the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/170), which was circulated with the usual papers. The regulation comes into force on 1 July. The limit for parliamentary action is 10 September. The Transport and the Environment Committee is required to report on the instrument by 4 September. The Subordinate Legislation Committee considered the instrument on 13 June and agreed to raise points with the Executive. However, the committee's points did not relate to the amendment regulations, but related to the principal regulations. The Executive's response to the Subordinate Legislation Committee is reprinted as an annexe to the covering note to the instrument, which members have received. Are there any comments?
Members indicated disagreement.
There is none, so the committee has nothing to report.
We move now into private session, as agreed by the committee.
Meeting continued in private until 13:12.