Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Category
- Instruments subject to Made Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
Agenda item 6 is consideration of six negative instruments, on which no points have been raised.
Food and Feed (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/372)
Animal Health and Welfare and Official Controls (Agriculture) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/380)
Genetically Modified Organisms and Pesticides (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/381)
Valuation Appeal Committee (Procedure in Civil Penalty Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/382)
Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No 36) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/386)
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/387)
Is the committee content with the instruments?
Members indicated agreement.
On SSI 2020/372, the committee may wish to invite the Scottish Government to consider, in future, that when an instrument amends provisions that do not yet exist, the reader’s attention should be drawn to that. That could be done, for example, by a footnote or at least in the accompanying documents.
The committee may nevertheless wish to welcome the fact that regulation 9(5) amends SSI 2019/285, which fulfils a previous commitment to the committee.
Is the committee content to highlight both those points?
Members indicated agreement.