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Changes may be required for a range of reasons in order to ensure that the regulations are up to date and fit for purpose. These may include the need to address inconsistencies in interpretation across policy areas, to reflect changes in practice or the development of new technologies or to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, while maintaining a high lev...
Part 2 – collection and processing of data 66. Accurate and up to date statistical information is an important tool in regulating and developing policy for the agricultural sector.
With those factors in mind, we believe that it is reasonable and practical to call for a commencement date by the end of 2021, but we acknowledge that that should be the absolute latest date.
That leads me inevitably to the conclusion that, despite our best endeavours to date, there is no compelling alternative proposition that is superior to the provisions in the bill.
Some of them could have been but, to date, ministers have preferred that the industry have its own code and for that code to be flexible and updated, as opposed to there being a statutory code, which, by its nature, can become out of date quickly.
Due to the good will of the contractors, we have been able to get a running total of what has been awarded to date, but that is as far as we have been able to go.
Item 3 is a review of the evidence that we have received to date on the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, and item 5 is consideration of our work programme.
At the same time though, does the committee welcome the fact that the Scottish Government has since laid a further commencement order to rectify that, which the committee will consider at a later date?Members indicated agreement.