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Easter Recess Information about any time dependency associated with the proposal N/A Are there any broader governance issues in relation to this proposal, and how will these be regulated and monitored post-withdrawal?
Other time periods
Longer periods when the Parliament and committees don’t meet are referred to as recesses. There are normally recesses in February, at Easter, in the summer, in October and over Christmas and New Year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2022
However, the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 are expected to be laid in the Scottish Parliament soon after Easter recess with a proposed coming into force date of 1 June 2022.
I am mindful of the Committee’s intention to consider the motion on the Regulations following recess and will provide answers to the remaining questions in due course.
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/40) extend the expiry date of certain provisions of the Act, including schedule 19, to 24 September 2022.
As it was laid less than 28 days before it came into force, it is in breach of section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, which requires that negative instruments are laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days.
The instrument was laid on 22 December 2021 and came into force on 1 January 2022, during a recess period. As it was laid less than 28 days before it came into force, it is in breach of section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, which provides that a Scottish statutory instrument, subject to negative procedure, must be laid before Parliament at least 28 days before it comes into force (not counting recess periods of more than 4 days)..
A significant consequence of changing the date of dissolution is that MSPs will retain their status as Members during the recess or ‘pre-election campaign period’.