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The reasons for the breach of the 28 day rule in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer dated 15 May 2020 (see Annex B).
This letter sets out that the Scottish Government considers that there is an urgent need to bring the instrument into force to address a significant increase in the Ethics Committee’s workload due to high volumes of Co...
The Committee also considered the reasons for the breach of the 28 day rule, which in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer dated 4 May 2020 (see Annex A).
The letter explains that the Scottish Government breached the 28 day rule in order to bring this instrument into force on the same day as the Release of Prisoners (Coronavirus) (Scot...
The substituted provision makes the following changes:
The timescale for the Scottish Government to bring forward legislation is shortened, from “within the same session”, to “within a period of 2 years from the date of the statement or by the end of the same session, if sooner.”
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/33) The committee agreed that no points arose on the instruments.In relation to SSI 2014/33, does the committee agree to note the late transposition of directive 2011/93/EU, as the obligations that it imposes will not have been enforceable in domestic law between the transposition date and the date when the order comes into force?
Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 3) 2013 (SSI 2013/171) The committee agreed that no points arose on the instrument.Although our legal advisers have raised no points, the committee may wish to note that the convention that instruments be laid 10 to 14 days prior to the first coming into force date has not been observed. The result is that the committee has not had the opportunity to scrutinise the instrument prior to the first coming into force date.
Can he tell us not just the publication date of the revised standards but the commencement date of the 2015 act and the guidance that is necessary for its commencement to take place?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the last 10 bus journeys that the First Minister travelled on official business, broken down by the (a) date, (b) length and (c) cost of the journey.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2019
Although it is possible for NHS National Services Scotland to provide information about practices that have an ‘end date’, they would include mergers, takeovers and splits, so the figures would not reflect real closures.