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Subordinate legislation
During the reporting year, the Committee considered 26 pieces of subordinate legislation, 1 document subject to parliamentary control, and 1 proposal for a UK Statutory Instrument under the Statutory Instrument Protocol:
19 negative Scottish Statutory Instruments
1 negative UK Statutory Instrument
5 affirmative Scottish Statutory In...
Committee reports
Date published:
29 February 2024
Delegated Powers Provisions
The Bill contains delegated powers in respect of (a) creating a responsible developers scheme (sections 20-24) (b) changing the types of building in relation to which a single-building assessment may be carried out (section 26) (c) making ancillary provision (section 29) and (d) commencement (section 31).
The Scottish Government has prepared a Delegated Powers Memorandum which sets out the reasons for taking the delegated powers in the Bill and the parliamentary scrutiny procedure that has been chosen.iThe Delegated Powers Memorandum is available here
The Committee determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the delegated powers in either of the following provisions:
Section 21 – Ancillary provision; and
Section 26...
Sections 24 to 26: General provisions and Section 27: Abolition of common law verbal injuries
These sections of the Bill make a number of general provisions relating to verbal injury, namely-
that a pursuer does not need to show actual financial loss if the statement complained of is more likely than not to cause financial loss;
to clarify the law in relat...
Meetings
The Committee met 26 times during the parliamentary year. 5 meetings were held entirely in private, 1 meeting was held entirely in public and 20 meetings included items in private.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2019
Introduction
At its meetings on 5 November 2019 and 26 November 2019, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers provisions in the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill ("the Bill") at Stage 1.iThe Bill is available here.
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill — Stage 2 Section 53 Paul O'Kane 643 In substitution for amendment 562— In section 53, page 40, line 26, leave out subsections (2) to (5)
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