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The Bill therefore moves to place licensed heat networks developers and operators on a level playing field with other utilities by providing them with new rights in relation to:
The compulsory acquisition of land
Wayleaves (a statutory right giving licence holders the power to install lines/pipes and associated equipment on private land and to have access...
These will be dependent on the EU adopting an "adequacy decision" before the end of the transition period (this is an assessment that a non-EU country has an adequate level of data protection so that data transfers can be made outside the EU).iIn the past, the EU has recognised 13 countries as offering adequate protection including Japan, New Zealand and C...
The UK Government's policy statement on the Bill says in respect of these provisions:
New government powers to set resource-efficiency standards for products will help drive a shift in the market towards products that can be more easily recycled, as well as products that last longer and which can be re-used and repaired more easily.
The revised version of the Bill expressly extends this obligation to the other fisheries administrations, including the Scottish Ministers.
The new provision will read:
Criteria for the distribution of fishing opportunities for use by fishing boats
When distributing fishing opportunities for use by fishing boats, the relevant national authorities shall use ...
Whereas in the 2017-19 UK Fisheries Bill, the SSFS appeared to be directed at developing policies relevant to England, the role of the SSFS in the new version of the Bill has significantly changed.
The instrument comes into force the day after it is laid, in breach of the 28 day rule, in the interest of public health so that the health service in Scotland can quickly respond if the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is confirmed as being in the UK.
Overview of the Bill
The Bill will create a new Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and provides for a code of practice to support and promote good practice and consistent standards in relation to the acquisition, retention, use and destruction of biometric data by the police.
Scottish Government
Following the publication of the UK Government's approach to the negotiations, the Scottish Government published a news release in which the Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations, Michael Russell, said that the UK Government's proposed deal "could cost the Scottish economy between £9 billion and £12.7 bi...
Executive Summary
This Member's bill aims to increase the protection for workers in the retail sector by:
creating a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening, abusing, obstructing or hindering a retail worker
allowing for the aggravation of that offence where the retail worker is seeking to enforce a statutory age restriction (e.g. the restriction ...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
The Committee reports that it is content with the new delegated power in the Bill and that it is not subject to any parliamentary procedure but wishes to highlight the exception in section 2A and that it is not subject to the same commencement power as the offence in section 2.