Subordinate Legislation Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Official Report
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Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc) (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 2
Item 6 concerns consideration of the delegated powers provisions in the bill after stage 2.
Members will have noted that the Scottish Government has provided a revised delegated powers memorandum and will have seen the briefing paper and draft report.
Stage 3 is due to take place on Wednesday 31 October. The deadline for lodging amendments is 4.30 pm this Thursday. The committee may therefore wish to agree its conclusions today.
Are there any comments? No? The draft report will be admirably short. Does the committee welcome that the amendments to the delegated powers that are made by section 2(2A) and (3) implement the committee’s recommendation in its report at stage 1 that the bill should state a maximum level of permitted council tax increase in relation to unoccupied dwellings, beyond which any levels specified in the regulations could not go?
Members indicated agreement.
Do members agree that a report be produced setting out the committee’s conclusions on the bill for publication before the deadline for stage 3 amendments on Thursday 25 October?
Members indicated agreement.
That concludes our business. Our next meeting will be held next Tuesday.
Meeting closed at 10:51.