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I do not think that an inordinate additional burden will be created, given that the police train constantly for new initiatives and legislation. The police have a structured training programme into which the new provision can be built.
Subsequently, we will have to review an awful lot of existing legislation and replace it with new legislation. Some of the new legislation will be similar to existing legislation, but some will require changes.
To my mind, that is a reason for us to adopt a new, open and welcoming procedure as we enter both a new phase of Scottish democracy and the new millennium.
On section 1, there is the general issue of the 28-day emergency order, which relates to paragraph 6 of proposed new schedule 3A to the 1981 act. The other issue relates to paragraph 8 of the proposed new schedule, and concerns compensation.
That view was supported in the important and useful debate that we had in Parliament just last Thursday.We already have significant new powers through the Railways Act 2005.