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While the location of any new abattoirs is a commercialmatter for individual operators, our draft Scotland Rural Development Programmedoes includes measures offering support for new rural abattoirs.
Financial Memorandums Item 2 is to consider our approach to scrutinising the financial memorandums to seven new Government bills. Are members content with the suggestions in the clerk’s paper?
It is also recognised that substantive policy change to an exclusion proposal that occurs during discussions may require further / new agreement between parties. Evidence of the final position of each party regarding any exclusion and whether an agreement has been reached should be recorded in all cases.
During questioning, members asked the Cabinet Secretary to outline what was the difference between the powers of the new Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery to conduct investigations and inquisitorial proceedings.
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Committee reports
Date published:
25 February 2026
Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/72)
This instrument enables owners or tenants to submit evidence of letting, or intention to let, a property as self‑catering holiday accommodation without needing an assessor’s request and introduces new deadlines for providing that evidence from 1 April 2...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
People that will be eligible for prioritisation are the same as those set out above (prioritisation for speciality training in 2026 only, clause 2), with two key differences:
Prioritisation based on immigration status would not apply automatically.
New prioritisation groups could be set out using further regulations.
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...
Some respondents emphasised that the creation of a new offence of this gravity should be accompanied by a mechanism to evaluate whether the legislative intention has been realised in practice.