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Similarly, section 185 of the 1995 Act allows a new prosecution to be brought when the Sheriff Appeal Court disposes of a ―stated case‖ by setting aside the verdict of the inferior court and grants authority for a new prosecution. 13.
The DPLR Committee made further observations in respect of the new section 44M power. It highlighted that the power includes the ability to alter both who can allege a breach of obligations and who the obligations apply to (i.e. by amending the land size thresholds).
The Law Society of Scotland also emphasised the introduction of the new tax as a momentous opportunity to “reel in some of the miscreants and get them registered”1Scottish Parliament. (2024).
iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 31 January 2023, Col 48
On visits we heard contract changes required huge bureaucratic processes.
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It indicated that an affirmative instrument would be laid in January to give effect to this delay. The letter further noted that new hosts will still have to obtain a licence before they can start taking bookings or receive guests.
It is simply not good enough. We may have a new First Minister and a new health secretary, but it is the same old, same old when it comes to ministerial disinterest and mismanagement.