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SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
To achieve this, the Bill proposed three main things:
to retain in domestic law EU law currently operating in devolved areas
to give the Scottish Ministers the powers needed to ensure that devolved law continued to operate effectively after UK withdrawal
to give the Scottish Ministers the power to, where appropriate, ensure that Scotland's devolved laws keeps pace after UK withdrawal with developments in EU law.
Provisions of the Bill
The Bill set out to ensure continuity of Scots law on the day the UK left the European Union.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 February 2022
Incineration and Energy from Waste - Ban on landfilling biodegradable municipal waste by 2025
The additional 4 years will allow for procurement, development, planning and building of waste processing infrastructure, over and above that which is already in the pipeline.
Committees
Published:
8 December 2021
Licensing Scheme for Short-Term Holiday Lets
As such, the proposed licensing scheme proposed a significant risk on the basis that it might drive a large number of smaller operators out of the tourism business;
it had to be acknowledged that there were now a considerable number of properties in the Highlands which had been turned into short term lets or AirBnB premises and this was creating a range of issues, including having a detrimental effect on the future development...
Committee reports
Date published:
8 December 2021
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 7 December 2021 - Annex
There is a regular process of engagement with international partners led by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Transport to assess other countries’ vaccine certificates against the data and security requirements agreed among the four nations, and to add those that meet the standard as relevant countries in the regulation...
Committees
Published:
13 October 2021
Prisons and Prison Policy Roundtable Follow-up
While I recognise the need for SPS to be able to manage the prison estate safely in the context of the pandemic, it is clear that any extension of the 2020 Rules will further interfere with children’s rights to liberty, family life and contact, education, play leisure, adequate health, protection from harm, family support, and rehabilitation for their development and recovery from trauma.
Furthermore, we are aware of a number of children identified as potential victims of trafficking who have been prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system and detained on remand in Polmont YOI.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2021
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Health and Care Bill
It notes that food safety law and the requirements around food labelling can be a fast developing area. It also states that the level of technical detail involved in amendments to the retained legislation in FIC is deemed too high for inclusion in primary legislation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 March 2021
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Express provisions on freedom of expression
The Cabinet Secretary also noted a lack of consensus on how to best protect freedom of expression, stating that (col 5):
Following discussions in recent days that have involved all of us who have lodged amendments on freedom of expression, I think that it is right that we should take time between stages 2 and 3 to reflect on the amendments and see whether we can develop a collaborative approach that produces a set of provisions that will command support across the board.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2019
Stage 1 report on the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill - Removing under 16s from the PVG scheme
Whether or not the Scottish Government decides to amend the current proposals within the Bill to bar under 16s from joining the PVG scheme, the Committee believes it is vital that specific guidance is developed to explain the implications of the disclosure system for young people.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 April 2019
EU Emissions Trading System - The Legal Framework
The EU ETS directive (2003/87/EC) was introduced by the European Commission and negotiated with the European Parliament and European Council, in accordance with established processes for the development of EU legislation2European Union. (2003, October 25).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2019
The Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (Scotland) Regulations 2019
The Minister was questioned on how these substances would be detected, and how the law would keep pace as new psychoactive substances, or 'legal highs' are developed.
The Minister sought to reassure the Committee that the Scottish Government would keep the regulations under review and extend the list of specified drugs, or vary the prescribed limits o...
