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Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 <br />(Assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Other Persons) (Grants) Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/117)
Item 2 is consideration of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Other Persons) (Grants) Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/117). Members have been provided with a copy of the order and the accompanying documentation. Do members have any comments?
I read with interest the Subordinate Legislation Committee's comments on the instrument, especially its comments on regulation 6(o). Like the Subordinate Legislation Committee, I could make sense of that paragraph only by phoning someone in the Executive and having them talk me through it. The instrument is deserving of our support, but we should support the Subordinate Legislation Committee's observations about the drafting, which falls short of the standard that we should expect.
I agree. In so far as I can understand them, the regulations are ambiguous. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has hit on the right point. The matter should be raised with the Executive as an example of defective drafting.
We must decide whether to make any recommendation on the order in our report. Are we content with the order?
Members indicated agreement.
Do members agree that we should comment on the order as Stewart Stevenson has suggested?
Members indicated agreement.
I therefore ask members to agree that we report to the Parliament our decisions on the instrument. Are we agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
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