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Instruments Subject <br />to Annulment
Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No 3) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/514)
Do members have any points to raise on the regulations?
No.
Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 <br />(SSI 2006/515)
Does Gordon Jackson have to declare an interest in relation to these regulations?
The briefing paper that I have in front of me indicates that the regulations make provision for increases in the legal aid rates payable to solicitors. I am not a solicitor.
Okay.
Excuse my asking, but what is "trite" law?
I have not got a clue.
Trite law is law that, if you do not know it, you should. It is like saying that two and two is four. For example, there is a presumption of innocence in Scotland. That is trite law—something that everybody knows.
Thank you. You will be needed at every single committee meeting.
No, I was only going to be frivolous and—
Frivolous and insignificant.
No, I would never admit to that.
A colleague of mine once made a submission in court saying that the point he was making was trite, to which the judge replied, "Close." [Laughter.]
We will move swiftly on.
Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/516)
No points arise on the regulations.
Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/517)
A number of minor points arise on the regulations but we can raise them in an informal letter.