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The Committee wrote to the Scottish Government asking whether it would be more appropriate that the power in section 48C(2)(g) is subject to the affirmative procedure rather than the negative procedure.
In its written response dated 9 April 2018, the Scottish Government indicated that it was content to lodge an amendment at Stage 3 that will make regulation...
Section 8
This section would change the starting point of twenty year prescription in relation to the obligation to pay damages. It would make it begin on the date of the defender's last act or omission, as opposed to when the loss or damage actually occurred.
New claims can still be made for reduced earnings allowance, but only for accidents before 1 October 1990 or diseases contracted by that date. An existing reduced earnings allowance award can convert into an award of retirement allowance.
The 1976 Act is repealed by virtue of regulation 2 and it and the associated 1977 Rules only remain in force in relation to inquiries that were applied for before the date of commencement (regulation 4).
It is our intention to test out this advice note with local authorities, refine it and then incorporate it into the statutory SWF guidance at a later date.
Scottish Government. (2017, April).
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for that code to be flexible and updated, as opposed to there being a statutory code, which, by its nature, can become out of date quickly.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.