The following other accompanying documents are published separately: • Explanatory Notes (SP Bill 13–EN); • a Promoter’s Memorandum (SP Bill 13–PM); • a Promoter’s Statement (SP Bill 13–PS). —————————— Presiding Officer’s Statement on Legislative Competence On 17 May 2017, the Presiding Officer (Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.” —————————— SP Bill 13–LC Session 5 (2017) These documents relate to the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 13) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 18 May 2017 Promoter’s Statement on Legislative Competence On 17 May 2017, Brodies LLP, on behalf of the Trustees of the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund, made the following statement: “In our view, the provisions of the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.”