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Last updated: 21 October 2024

Audit Planning AGS to PAC 16 Oct 2024

The date specified cannot therefore be later than Tuesday 1 July 2025. • The inspection end date should be 15 working days from (and including) the start date but cannot be later than Monday 21 July 2025. 159.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill 17 Part 2—Disclosure of convictions (2) After section 5E (inserted by section 24) there is inserted— “5F Disclosure period for certain mental health orders (1) Subsection (2) applies where, further to the making of a compulsion order as mentioned in subsection (1) of section 59 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) 5 Act 1995 in relation to a person, a restriction order under that section is made in respect of the person. (2) The disclosure period applicable to the restriction order is a period beginning with the date...
Last updated: 5 November 2025

final copy Letter from CabSecCAE The Control of Mercury Amendment Regulations 2025 EU Exit Legislat

The UK Government has set a provisional laying date for this SI of 2 December 2025 with a coming into force date of 23 December 2025, and therefore if possible, consent from Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
Last updated: 4 June 2025

Scottish Human Rights Commission Tick Tock report Scottish Government 3 June 2025

We will also continue to develop and deliver activities aimed at embedding human rights awareness and practices in our public services, preparing for eventual Bill introduction and commencement. Before the summer recess we will publish a discussion paper to support constructive engagement with stakeholders.
Last updated: 17 July 2025

Printing changes

Section title changed to “New determination of entitlement during appeal” to better reflect 7 11 26 content following amendments at Stages 2 and 3. “2024” changed to “2025” to reflect date of 17 31 13 enactment. SP Bill 35B–PC 1 Session 6 (2025) Comma changed to full stop to reflect standard 19 50 11 drafting practice and ensure consistency across the modern statute book. “2024” changed to “2025” to reflect date of 26 54 20 enactment.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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Transitional, schedule and definition 33 Transitional provision (1) Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring in any way to a 30 sentence applies in relation to a sentence imposed in respect of a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into force (as well as in respect of a conviction on or after that date). (2) Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring to a conviction applies in relation to a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into 35 force (as well as in relation to a conviction on or after that date). (3) Subsection (2) applies to the court’s convicting of a person as it applies to a conviction. (4) The 1974 Act applies as if the amendments mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) had always had effect (but see the remaining provisions of this section). 28 Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill Part 3—The Parole Board (5) Subsection (6) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a person— (a) would have been treated as a rehabilitated person for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and (b) would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a 5 provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force. (6) The person is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4) of the 1974 Act, to be treated on and after that date as a protected person (within the meaning of that Act as amended by this Act). 10 (7) Subsection (8) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a conviction— (a) would have been treated as spent for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and (b) would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force. 15 (8) The conviction is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4), to be treated on and after that date as a spent conviction. (9) In subsections (5)(b) and (7)(b), the references to subsection (2) include references to that subsection as applied in subsection (3). 34 Remainder of amendments 20 Schedule 2 makes minor and consequential amendments to the 1974 Act (including changes to certain terminology). 35 Meaning of the 1974 Act In this Part, “the 1974 Act” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Official Report Meeting date: 4 June 2025

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 04 June 2025

For the Scottish Government to have said that it expected to produce a report before the summer recess last year but to then say that it has taken a bit of time to drive some consensus as we head into the summer recess of 2025 does not inspire one to the view that there is any pressing urgency being given to producin...
Official Report Meeting date: 19 March 2024

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 19 March 2024

We are looking at laying up to 40 instruments before summer recess, which is well within the norms.
Last updated: 9 May 2025

Letter from Social Security Scotland Financial considerations when leaving an abusive relationship

Rather than asking a client to apply again, we may treat their application as made, depending on the circumstances, from the date determined by us or a date nominated by the client.
Last updated: 12 October 2021

Lobbying Register Annual Report 2021

However, if regulated lobbying by an applicant took place in advance of this, the first date on which any regulated lobbying took place becomes the start date, instead.

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