Subordinate Legislation Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Official Report 333KB pdf

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Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 2

The fifth agenda item goes by the chilling title of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill. In our stage 2 report, we recommended that orders that revoke orders of suspension made under section 24A(7) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, or under section 4(7) of the bill, should be subject only to the requirements of section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010; in other words, they should be laid only.

We have had a letter from the Minister for Public Health and Sport, advising the committee that she has lodged amendments to achieve that intention, the only difference being that any revocation orders made under those sections would be subject to the negative procedure. There is a copy of the letter in the committee papers.

If members have no comments, are we happy to note the correspondence?

Members indicated agreement.