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In its written evidence, PIRC sought clarity on whether they would only be carrying out this preliminary assessment for former senior officers, stating that—
“PIRC is of the view that the proposed amendment does not make it suitably clear that PIRC’s remit relates to conducting a preliminary assessment of whether the conduct would, if proved, amount to gross misconduct in relation to former senior officers only […] if the responsibility for such preliminary assessment for non-senior officers is to rest with the PIRC, this encroaches into new...
In its submission, Amnesty provides a list of the essential criteria for IAGs that should be built into regulations under the new Bill.
The Committee asks the Scottish Government to consider and respond to these requests for legislative changes.
Under the proposals in the Bill, Qualifications Scotland would replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The new body would be responsible for developing and awarding qualifications, with learners, teachers and others involved in decision-making.
It also amended the definition of a child within the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by referring to this new definition within the 2011 Act; and amended the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 so that any references to 'child' are to those under the age of 18.
Retrieved from https://www.bucs.org.uk/resources-page/welcome-to-the-new-bucs-strategy.htmlThis strategy also outlines its values - inclusive, innovative, respectful and dynamic - and strategic themes that will help them to achieve this overarching ambition by 2027.
The Bill sets out reforms which aim to change the pattern of land ownership in rural and island communities and impose new requirements on larger estates across Scotland.
The jury also came to a consensus on preferred aspects for a new funding model. As is the case for later citizens' jury/panel activities, the Sortition Foundation was commissioned to recruit a random stratified sample broadly representative of the Scottish population (as at the 2011 Census), and an expert steering group was used to agree the final question ...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Tackling waste crime
Stakeholders said they were broadly supportive of new powers as a way of meaningfully addressing waste crime in Scotland.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
At present, the Presiding Officer has a power to propose (after consulting the Electoral Commission) a new date for polling day. The date must be within one month of the original polling day.
These rates, along with intermediate and higher and top rates, will remain unchanged,
introduce a new 45p Advanced rate band for those earning over £75,000, and
increase the Top rate of tax from 47p to 48p, paid by those earning more than £125,140.