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As part of its review, it highlighted the fact that Financial Memoranda (FMs) are expressed in terms of costs and the rules on Financial Resolutions refer to increases in expenditure or increases in any charge or any payment to be made to the Scottish Consolidated Fund.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2021
On 16 February 2021, the Scottish Government responded:
The Scottish Government considers that what “special import conditions” means is sufficiently clear. The power is expressed in the same terms as the former EU function in Article 8(4) of Council Directive 2002/99/EC laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution ...
However, a number of other organisations including members of the judiciary such as the Sheriff’s Association, the Summary Sheriff’s Association and the Law Society expressed concerns both about the threshold imposed by the test in Section 4 and whether a DAPN would be a proportionate measure in the context of relevant rights under the ECHR.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 December 2020
The Bill includes equivalent amendments to Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (“RIP(S)A”).
The Bill therefore provides an express power for persons within certain public authorities to authorise CHIS (which could be a member of the public or a member of law enforcement e.g. an undercover police officer) to undertake conduct which may, bu...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2020
However, paragraph 1A and its requirements are not mentioned anywhere in the instrument or in the Policy Note. While the requirement for express provision is met by provision in the principal instruments (regulation 2(5) of SSI 2006/3, as amended by SSI 2012/75; and regulation 2(4) of SSI 2009/446), could you explain why it was not considered appropriate, i...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2019
The Law Society argued that time periods in relation to reviews should be set out in the Bill rather than by regulations.
CELCIS expressed concerns about how such decisions would be made in practice:
The lack of detail of a decision-making framework is concerning, and should be included in statutory guidance going forward, both in relation to decisions mad...
Committee reports
Date published:
12 November 2019
He told the Committee that he had written to the new CST expressing his concerns and that he expects a reply 'fairly imminently' and will update the Committee.
Its common format and structure also acts as a platform that other technology and improvements can be added to.Letter from Money Advice Service, 31 December 2018
ICAS argued that any standard assessment tool would be administratively burdensome and not necessarily deliver consistency—
In our response to the consultation we highlighted our opposition to the CFS expressed during the progress of the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Bill through the Scottish Parliament.
r=11744&c=2122221Patrick McGuire (Thompsons) expressed concern about a PPO being forced on an injured person as there is a merit to receiving a lump sum—
However, my concern is that the bill creates a situation in which a PPO could be forced on a victim.
The Committee shares the concerns expressed by some stakeholders that a lack of validation on receipt of information may result in the content of the Register being unreliable.