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Indeed, when Jim Wallace, as Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, accompanied me on a visit to the school two years ago, he met people from each continent, all of whom wanted to study in the Borders.
The provisions that relate to civil advice and assistance reforms will commence on 1 May 2007, while those that relate to uprating financial eligibility will come into effect on 9 April 2007.The Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 will amend the Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993/3187) by amending the financial limits for all categories of advice and assistance, with the exception...
As part of that process, the act provides for increased emphasis on fire prevention and community fire safety activity.The main provisions of the act came into force in August 2005, except for part 3, which will introduce a new fire safety regime for non-domestic premises in Scotland.
It makes sense for salmon and freshwater fisheries legislation to cover an entire river system, irrespective of any border that might bisect the catchment.After recommendations from the Scottish Law Commission, the salmon and freshwater fisheries legislation in Scotland was consolidated under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003. The act covers all of Scotland except the parts of the Tweed and Esk catchments that lie in Scotland.The lower reaches of the Tweed, and some of its major tributaries, lie in England.
The provision extends an existing delegated power and mirrors a power that was in section 19, which we were content with at stage 1.Are we content with the power and with the fact that it is not subject to parliamentary procedure, except where the pilot is extended by order to the whole country, in which case it would be subject to affirmative procedure?
I signed a proposal for a member's bill to ensure that health boards are elected.I take great exception to the fact that local community councils, council committees, MSPs and Westminster MPs can all declare their opposition to a development, but a reporter can come along and that one person can decide that it will go ahead.
The Executive says that the power would be used only in exceptional and extreme circumstances. That is why the Executive did not embody the power in a statutory instrument.