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The relevant text of paragraph 6 of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 is outlined below:
Health protection regulations: procedure
6 (1) Regulations under paragraph 1(1) are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the Scottish Ministers consider that the regulations need to be made urgently.
(3) Where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the regulations (the “emergency regulations”)—
(a) must be laid before the Scottish Parliament; and
(b) cease to have effect on the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the regulations were made unless, before the expiry of that period, the regulations have been approved by a resolution of the Parliament.
Part 3 provides for supplementary and ancillary powers, for commencement, and for the short title. Commentary on sections Part 1 – Retained EU law Section 1 – Defined terms 95.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 August 2017
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-10108 on 1 August 2017. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx S5W-10110
Instead, the committee published a shorter stage 1 report on Ms Ferguson’s bill and it anticipated that both bills’ stage 1 debates might take place on the same day.
Scotland has lost 22% of its permanent adult psychiatric workforce over the past decade, whilst clinical demand has doubled, and around 1 in 4 consultant psychiatry posts are now vacant or filled by locums.
Amendment 1024 could be seen as a significant interference in the rights of landlords under amendment 1 of protocol 1 of the European convention on human rights, and it is not clear whether such interference would be proportionate to the aim.