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AIC supported “the prioritisation of a veterinary agreement with the EU”.1Scottish Parliament. (2024, March 7). Official Report of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.
This was also picked up by the BBC and was raised in the debate in parliament on Wednesday 7 September on the programme for government and the cost of living.
Section 6(7) provides that the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the expiry of any provision of the Act.
More recently there has been an exponential growth in a range of new biometrics in law enforcement, perhaps most controversially 7 the use of public space facial recognition surveillance by the police in other UK jurisdictions.
Amendment 12 would require that the first report on the operation of the Act is to be published within 3 years of the day on which this section comes into force. 7 Amendment number(s) – 15, 14 Subject – Expiry – New Section Text of amendments Purpose and Effect Amendment 15 inserts a new section into the Bill, which provides for the Act to expire after a period of 15 years.
The Scottish Government has also incorporated the latest emissions data from the ONS environmental accounts, and the latest forecast GDP deflator from HM Treasury.
Official Report, 16 January 2024, col 7.
The Committee questioned the lack of uptake amongst local authorities in establishing new service models through powers in the 2019 Act.
They agreed that the scheme should not be open to new contributions and that this should be made clear to prospective new members of the Incorporation.