Question reference: S4W-08207
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 22 June 2012
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 July 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there are problems relating to special destinations registered before 1990 and, if so, whether it plans to introduce legislation to deal with them.
Answer
The Scottish Government is considering the Scottish Law Commission’s Report on Succession (SCOT LAW COM No 215) 2009 which followed a review of the law of succession, including special destinations. The 2009 report supersedes the Report on Succession (SCOT LAW COM No 124)1990 and reaches different conclusions in respect of special destinations.
A number of the recommendations of the 2009 report are controversial and we will carry out formal consultation when other priorities allow. That exercise will inform decisions on the way forward on the report’s recommendations, including those on special destinations.