Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee, 29 Apr 2009
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
Regulation of Care<br />(Fitness of Employees in Relation to Care Services) (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2009 (SSI 2009/118)
I welcome members to the 12th meeting of the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee in 2009. I remind everyone present that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be switched off for the duration of the meeting.
I propose to reorder our agenda this morning so that we take our second advertised agenda item, which is the consideration of subordinate legislation, first.
Scottish statutory instrument 2009/118 revokes and replaces SSI 2009/91, which the committee noted for information at last week's meeting. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the attention of the Parliament to the regulations on the ground that the Scottish Government failed to follow normal drafting practice in one specific instance. The Subordinate Legislation Committee also noted that one part of the regulations did not comply with the 21-day rule, but it was satisfied with the explanation that was given for that by the Scottish Government.
I see that members do not wish to make any comments on the instrument. As there have been no motions to annul, unless members have any comments now, are we agreed that the committee has no recommendation to make on the regulations?
Members indicated agreement.