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The question that the Executive asks is whether the changes being made to that substantive provision are themselves substantive.The first change that is being made is to substitute a reference to the new regulations for a reference to the old regulations—the regulations that are being replaced by the new regulations....
There is a great deal to be said for allowing that practice to develop over a period of years, given that we are setting new standards and new expectations. From that, we can find out what practice works best and what young people respond to best.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2000
Amendment 37 makes it plain that those superior rights that are feudal—to charge feuduty, to create a new feudal estate and to enforce a feudal burden—are abolished for the ultimate superior.
Just now, prisoners stroll out of jail either half way or two thirds of the way through their total sentences. Under the First Minister's new legislation, all prisoners could stroll out of jail half way through their total sentences.
Obviously, however, the provision will have no effect until the bill is brought into force and the new body comes into being. Therefore, as things stand, the commissioner could not take part in the process of appointing the SPSA's first convener and board members.
It shows that in the last quarter of last year, of the 7,000 new addicts referred for treatment, nearly 1,000 waited more than six months just to be assessed for treatment, and 400 waited longer than a year.