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The third reason is the requirement for sheriffs and part-time sheriffs to chair some of the new Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland tribunals that were introduced earlier this year.
We had no difficulty with the delegated power contained in new section 46A of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993, "Regulations concerning loans", which is inserted by section 36 of the bill, nor with the use of the negative procedure.
That will reduce the amount of work that we hand over to the session 3 committee.Taking everything into account, we have suggested that the date beyond which the committee might consider not looking at any new petitions is the end of January.
English Language Courses (Immigrants) To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Executive will take to ensure that new immigrants to Scotland have the necessary access to English language courses.
Part III is concerned with repayments by overseas residents. However, the new provisions appear to apply to all borrowers and it is not clear why they have been included in part III.