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Scottish Building Safety Levy Bill Summary of responses to the Committee’s call for views The Committee published its call for views on 26 June 2025, and received 39 responses before this closed on 15 August.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 September 2021
For example, working with partners, the Scottish Government currently supports advisory visits to farms to identify opportunities for farm and croft woodlands and agroforestry.
The Committee may wish to find the power acceptable in principle and be content that it is subject to the affirmative procedure.
New section 90A(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act (“the 2014 Act”) – Secure transportation: duty of Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish standards
Power conferred on: The Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: Publishing standards
Parliamentary procedure: None
Revised or new power: New
Provision
Section 21A inserts a new section 90A to the 2014 Act.
The purpose of new subsection (1A) is to ensure that if a pre-commencement contract gives rise to a statutory third-party right, any parallel common-law right becomes unenforceable.