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There is no requirement to keep the register of sasines or even the land register up to date in respect of where the owners are, and that will be a problem for the land register.
Section 22 gives ministers the power by order—it is therefore subject to parliamentary scrutiny—to change the dates and the figures; really, to change all these things.
We have seen instances where people have paid and then, at a later date, the criminals have come back and said, “We said we’d delete the data, but we didn’t—this time we will, if you pay us again.”
Section 23—Choice of new First Minister after changed election date Amendment 23, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 26, 27, 30, 44, 45 and 48.
The theory was that, when the contract came to an end, the council would be sitting on a spanking, up-to-date, wonderful asset and would have a revenue stream to spend on lots of other things, including maintenance of the asset.
We are trying to proof the bill not just for now but for future years and generations, so I wonder whether the committee and the Parliament could be kept up to date on any changes in that regard.