Subordinate Legislation Committee, 29 Jan 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Official Report 104KB pdf

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Instruments Subject to Annulment

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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment

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Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008 <br />(SSI 2008/11)

The order is especially pertinent in view of what has been happening in the countryside.

As no one has any points to raise, are members content to agree points (a), (b), (c) and (d) as listed in the summary of recommendations?

Members indicated agreement.

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Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees and Amounts) Regulations 2008 <br />(SSI 2008/16)

Are members content to ask the Scottish Government to clarify the points listed in the summary of recommendations, which are as follows:

"(1) in relation to the second paragraph of the preamble to the instrument, why the approach has been taken to refer to Scottish Ministers having ‘consulted with such persons and road works authorities as they think appropriate', given that",

following which points (a) and (b) are listed. The second point is:

"(2) in relation to that second paragraph of the preamble, if it is considered that this should also refer to consultation with persons considered to be representative of the interests of undertakers, what the effect of this omission is (if any), on the validity or operation of the instrument"?

Members indicated agreement.

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Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/17)<br />Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 <br />(SSI 2008/12)

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National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/13)<br />National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/14)

The committee agreed that no points arose on the instruments.

Are members also content to refer SSI 2008/13 to the consolidation working group, given the fact that this is the 10th amendment of the principal regulations—the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (SI 1992/2977)—which makes things as clear as mud?

Members indicated agreement.