Annex
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
LETTER FROM THE DELEGATED POWERS AND LAW REFORM COMMITTEE TO THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT (20 SEPTEMBER 2017)
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the above Bill on Tuesday 19th September and seeks an explanation of the following matters:
Section 7(3) – Duty to have regard to island communities
Power conferred on: the Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: Regulations
Parliamentary procedure: Affirmative
Section 7(3) provides that the Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend the schedule which lists the bodies, office-holders and other persons which are to be subject to the duty imposed by section 7(1).