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The Faculty has previously said that it would consider re-visiting this rule if the proposals in the Bill become law.iiFaculty of Advocates response to the Scottish Government's 2015 consultation.
There is no statutory definition of what constitutes "reasonable inquiry". However, it can include site visits, examination of photographic evidence and considering test reports or certificates of construction issued by an Approved Certifier of Construction.
One implication of that point in relation to the quality of our employment forecasts and comparing those to the OBR forecast is that we are not comparing like with like.
David McAllister referred to 15,000 tickets per day for three days. Obviously you are comparing the pricing with a family trip to the cinema, and you are looking for a sell-out for three days.
It is difficult to provide a sense of the resource needed, but compared to that of countries of comparable size, Scotland’s national accounts team is small.
The Treasury’s audit has estimated that this year’s departmental spending budgets are at least £15 billion lower in real terms, when compared with 2021 spending review plans.
The provision has been envisaged and framed on the basis that the offence would be used in exceptional circumstances. Existing offences are framed in very similar terms.