Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Official Report 467KB pdf
Contents
- Attendance
- Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
- Instrument and Document laid for Consultation
Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure
I welcome everyone to the seventh meeting in 2020 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. This will be my last meeting as convener of the committee. It has been an absolute honour to be the convener of such an important committee that does great work. It has been a pleasure to work with every single one of you. There will be a few other changes—Jeremy Balfour and Tom Arthur are also coming off the committee. I am sure that we will be replaced by able members.
I would like to thank the lawyers. People think that lawyers are a boring bunch, but I have discovered that they are not all boring. I also thank the clerks—they are the people who sit in the shadows on committees but keep us right. They have done a great job. I will be moving on to the Social Security Committee, but not as convener.
Agenda item 1 is consideration of a number of draft affirmative instruments. No points have been raised on the following five draft instruments.
Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 [Draft]
Funeral Expense Assistance and Young Carer Grants (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
Carer’s Allowance Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2020 [Draft]
Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Success Fee Agreements) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
Social Security (Advocacy Service Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
Jeremy Balfour would like to say something about the draft Social Security (Advocacy Service Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2020.
I think that the regulations are very helpful, but there still seems to be a slight lack of clarity about what is meant by “independent”. It would be good if we could bring that issue to the attention of the lead committee, which might want to raise it with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People when she appears before it.
Does the committee agree to mention that in our report?
Members indicated agreement.
No points have been raised on four draft First-tier Tribunal for Scotland instruments.
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of Parking Adjudicators) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of Bus Lane Adjudicators) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Parking and Bus Lane Appeals (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Parking and Bus Lane Cases and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2020 [Draft]
Lastly, no points have been raised on two draft Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service instruments.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Judicial Members) Amendment Order 2020 [Draft]
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Amendment Regulations 2020 [Draft]
Is the committee content with that rather long list of instruments?
Members indicated agreement.
Great.
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