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In relation to delegated powers, two existing powers have been amended and a new power added.
The Scottish Government has provided the Parliament with a supplementary memorandum ("SDPM") on the delegated powers provisions in the Bill.iThe Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum is available here.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2017
The Bill's provisions on group proceedings
Section 17 provides for a new court procedure known as “group procedure” to be available in the Court of Session.
As with the objection from Mr Bruce, it is clear to the Committee that Mr and Mrs Bijum's property is within the benefited area and is one of the 20 new properties that would be charged following the enactment of the Bill.
This would protect a pursuer from being required to pay the defenders' legal expenses if they lost their case, but still allow them to claim legal expenses from the defender if they won;
Enabling a party represented free of charge to claim legal expenses from the other side if they won their case, with the money being paid to charity;
Placing new requiremen...
It would also respect the Parliament's decision in relation to the party affiliation of the Convener.
The new rules were approved by Parliament on 22 March 2017 and came into force on 23 March 2017.
Requirement for a statement
The Committee noted that section 11(4) of the Scotland Act 2016 inserts a new subsection (2A) into section 31 of the Scotland Act 1998, which states—
“(2A) The Presiding Officer shall, after the last time when a Bill may be amended but before the decision whether to pass or reject it, decide whether or not in his view any provis...
It is anticipated that the construction of the new dualling between Perth and Inverness will be completed by 2025 in line with commitments made in the Infrastructure Investment Plan on 6 December 2011.