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The exception for the specified plant and machinery is intended to take effect from 1 April 2023 and it does so, by virtue of the fact that the amending Regulations come into force on that date. It would be unusual for amended legislation to state, on its face, a start date from which particular amendments or provisi...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the chief economist of the Bank of England's comment that the fall in real wages since their pre-recession peak is “unprecedented since at least the mid-1800s.”
The payment date for social security payments can change every month, but direct debit payments for council tax are often required on a specific date agreed in advance.
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2022 [draft]
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2022 [draft] were laid on 23 February 2022.
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40) is made under section 90(2) of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
As a result of the transformational work that I have now put in place, there have been two restructuring phases to date, and we are up to date. We are a volume-driven organisation.
I realise that that is somewhat out of date as it was pre-pandemic, but is there any value in setting a target in legislation for uptake that would trigger a review if it was not met?