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Nation-wide maximum charge
Section 1(3) of the Bill inserts a new section 6A into the 2024 Act. Sections 6A(6) and (7) allow the Scottish Ministers to set, by regulations, a maximum amount for the levy, with different maximum amounts permitted for different purposes.
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111064818/pdfs/sdsipn_9780111064818_en_001.pdf explains that this instrument “inserts a new paragraph 7A into schedule 1 of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 Act to provide that various transactions in connection with units in co-ownership authorised contractual schemes are...
The Bill has been amended at Stage 2 to include additional statutory duties on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and other public bodies. There are also two new parts to the Bill.
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/digital-assets-scotland-bill/introduced/spbill75s062025.pdf
Because digital assets are a fast-moving area of technological development, it was suggested that the law would have to be able to adapt quickly to new issues, and having regulation-making powers in relation to the ...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2025
The housing industry suggested that the application of the SBSL on existing sites could affect their viability and called for the SBSL, if introduced, to be applied only to new sites.
During evidence, the Minister announced that implementation of the levy in Scotland would be deferred by one year to 1 April 2028.
Retrieved from https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/authorisations-and-permits/application-forms/small-sewage-discharges/ [accessed 18 February 2025]
As with the wider regulation of activities impacting on the water environment, regulation in this area will fall under the EASR regime from 1 November 2025 (see Section 4.3.4), with CAR registrations automatically migrating over into the new system. Standard conditions apply to different scales and types of discharge which are similar to those in place under the CAR regime.
Part 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (not in force) contains two new, short-term civil protection orders, the Domestic Abuse Protection Notice (DAPN) and the Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO).
The architects of devolution agreed early on that any new Parliament should be unicameral (i.e. have a single chamber) and envisaged a strong committee system, together with a proportional electoral system, taking the place of a second chamber in providing checks and balances and guarding against the risk of executive dominance.iScottish Parliament.