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The Community Renewal Fund
The UKSPF is due to launch in 2022, and in the meantime a new fund, the Community Renewal Fund (CRF), is intended to support “a smooth transition”.
From 1 January 2021, the need to comply with EU law fell away, meaning there was no longer a requirement for the Scottish Parliament to legislate in a manner compatible with EU law.
Nevertheless, new constitutional arrangements and UK-wide legislation have had an impact on the Scottish Parliament.
In October 2020 the UK and Scottish Government agreed that a new implementation date will be established as part of the review of the Scottish Government’s Fiscal Framework.
The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Modification of the Repairing Standard) Amendment Regulations 2020 and the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (Tolerable Standard) (Extension of Criteria) Amendment Order 2020. Both instruments create a new minimum standard for fire and smoke detectors across all housing, regardless of whether the house is owner-occupied or rented ...
During these sessions, the Committee explored:
The progress made in relation to 'zero valued' homes (where a home receives a “zero” valuation from a surveyor due to cladding or other external wall systems not meeting safety standards);
The EWS1 (External Wall Systems) certification system whereby a surveyor with a specialism in fire safety verifies whether or not the external wall systems on a property contains combustible material to a degree that constitutes a significant risk; and
why the fire safety of new...
Some of the approaches successor committee(s) may wish to consider in promoting their work include:
Further expansion of social media opportunities and platforms, use of clips, blogs, videos;
Negotiating a media exclusive with the environment correspondent of a leading Sunday newspaper followed up by a wider news announcement;
Issuing press releases under e...
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increased requirement for digital technology and transformation to respond to a wide range of challenges in the public sector. This new and unexpected reliance on digital technology underlines the need to ensure that public sector ICT projects do not fail.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2021
Annex
Trade in Animals and Related Products (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/draft)
On 12 February 2021 the Scottish Government was asked:
This instrument creates a power to legislate which replaces the former EU function of imposing “special import conditions”. In the new power, “special import conditions” is not defined or expa...
Section 30 of the Bill would create a new power for courts to order the removal of defamatory material hosted by third parties (for example, on a website not run by the defender).