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It also contrasts with the approach taken by the Scottish Government in relation to the new female genital mutilation protection order (FGM protection order) introduced by separate legislation earlier this year.1Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020.
Circular economy standards, energy, and other requirements for new developments to bring infrastructure in line with net-zero commitments was highlighted.
The Explanatory Notes comment that:
New subsection (5E) mirrors the special legal rules created to deal with some industrial diseases like mesothelioma.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2020
The DPM sets out that although this is standard with all new legislation, it is particularly necessary for this Bill which puts into statute for the first time one specific element of a process that is currently governed by convention and guidance.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2020
Section 2 of the Bill inserts four new subsections into section 153 of the 2003 Act, which provides for how the amounts of NHS charges that compensators are to repay are calculated.
Proposed changes in the Bill include the following concerning hate crime characteristics (simply referred to as characteristics in the Bill):
updating the definition of transgender identity, including the removal of intersexuality which would instead be covered under variations in sex characteristics
adding age
allowing sex to be added at a later date by secondary legislation
The Bill provides for new...
The Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill (the Bill) was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Daniel Johnson MSP on 10 October 2019.iThe Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] The accompanying Policy Memorandum explains that the Bill:
aims to increase protection for workers in the retail sector and those applying or enforcing a statutory age restriction in relation to the sale or supply of goods or services.iiPolicy Memorandum
It seeks to do this by:
creating a new...
Deemed Planning Permission
Section 35 amends section 57 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to add new sections (2C) and (2D). The EN states 1Scottish Parliament. (2020, March 2).
Both the EU's Draft text of the Agreement on the New Partnership with the United Kingdom and the UK's Draft Agreement seem to take a similar approach to the extradition of own nationals as the Norway/Iceland Agreement (i.e. own nationals should in principle be extradited unless the parties make a declaration otherwise).