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Main amendments agreed to at stage 3
The main amendment agreed to in relation to civil and criminal liability was replacing the existing offence on the advertising of assisted dying, with a new regulation making power for Scottish Ministers to detail the offences, exceptions, defences and penalties relating to this offence (amendment 52).
Regulations must require the installation of integral swift nest boxes in line with best practice guidance (meaning British Standards BS42021:2022), except where such installation is not practicable or appropriate.
New route initiated by the Keeper:
If the Keeper discovers a material inaccuracy (not caused by them and not already corrected by other means), they may rectify the register if the correction is clear.
For all corrections except minor clerical fixes, the Keeper must notify affected persons and the Commission that the register has been rectified.
The default position of in-person attendance where giving evidence, would also be subject to:
an exception applying to proceedings where the only party is a public official (e.g. where the police or prosecution are seeking a warrant or court order)
separate rules allowing for virtual attendance in particular circumstances (e.g. where special measures apply ...
However, provision is made to allow these things to happen in exceptional circumstances.
Protecting payments
It is possible that the right to receive periodical payments could be transferred to someone who is not the pursuer.
It will be important to tie in the subjects that we are examining with the places that we visit—we should not hike around the country for no apparent reason.
Given that the new system may result in additional costs because of staff time or training requirements, I would like to know whether comparable costs arose for such requirements in advance of 1999.
The First Minister talks about my visits to hospitals. The last time that I visited a hospital, a nurse said to me, "The problem for us has been that this Government has had us focused on a bogus waiting list target that has undermined clinical priorities."
More than 40 years ago, a group of Scottish university students visited the Soviet Union. Donald was one, I was another and the Deputy Presiding Officer, George Reid, was also there.