Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
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Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
- Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure
- Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
- Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Instrument Procedure and Category
Marketing of Horticultural Produce and Bananas (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/169)
Under agenda item 2, we will look at three instruments under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which involves considering the scrutiny procedure under which they have been laid and the categorisation that the Scottish Government has applied to them.
SSI 2019/169 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance. The instrument preserves the current common market organisation rules on the marketing of horticultural produce and bananas from exit day by making technical corrections to the relevant domestic regulations. It does so to ensure that the legislation functions appropriately in the domestic, as opposed to the European Union, context.
It is suggested that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content with that?
Members indicated agreement.
Environment (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/175)
SSI 2019/175 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance. The instrument makes minor corrections to the Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/26) that the Government undertook to make before the start of the summer recess.
It is suggested that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content with that?
Members indicated agreement.
Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/178)
SSI 2019/178 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as being of low significance. The instrument makes minor and technical changes to the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 to update cross-references to other legislation and to fix deficiencies arising from the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.
It is suggested that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate. Is the committee content with that?
Members indicated agreement.