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Last updated:
11 March 2021
SPBill67BS052021
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill 7 Part 2—Offences relating to stirring up hatred (4) The table is as follows— Relevant organisation Individual company as mentioned in section 1 director, manager, secretary or other of the Companies Act 2006 similar officer 5 member, where the company’s affairs are managed by its members limited liability partnership member other partnership partner any other body or association individual who is concerned in the 10 management or control of its affairs 9A Protection of freedom of expression For the purposes of section 3(2), behaviour or material is not to be taken to be threatening or abusive solely on the basis that it involves or includes— (a) discussion or criticism of matters relating to— 15 (i) age, (ii) disability, (iii) sexual orientation, (iv) transgender identity, (v...
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Date answered:
31 August 2018
S5W-18104
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it no longer publishing the report, Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, whether (a) it will begin publishing the report again and (b) any new publications will provide details of racist incidents recorded by the police, including (i) location and time, (ii) crimes and offences recorded, (iii) characteristics of victims and complainers, (iv) characteristics of perpetrators and (v...
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Date answered:
3 July 2018
S5W-17272
That letter sets out a number of issues in relation to satisfying the State aid rules, including the recent judgement of 1 March 2017 of the General Court in case T-454/13 SNCM v Commission. We will revert to the Commission on these issues as soon as practicable.
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Date answered:
14 March 2017
S5W-07552
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has cost to erect (a) deer and (b) non-deer fencing in new woodlands of (i) up to two, (ii) two to five, (iii) six to 10, (iv) 11 to 20, (v) 21 to 50, (vi) 51 to 100, (vii) 101 to 200 and (viii) over 200 hectares in each year since 2008.
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Date answered:
18 November 2016
S5W-04502
SNH aims to work with land managers to put in place effective and sustainable management of mountain hares that is consistent with the species’ status on Annex V of the EC Habitats Directive. To help achieve this, SNH met with Scottish Land & Estates, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and several Donside estat...
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Date answered:
20 September 2016
S5W-02590
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the (a) stations and (b) routes that brought Abellio ScotRail below the performance benchmark in SQUIRE Service Schedule (i) 2 (station shelters and waiting areas) (ii) 5 (station CCTV) and security), (iii) 7 (station litter and contamination), (iv) 12 (station toilets) and (v) 16 (ticket machines, help p...
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21 November 2019
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill 3 Part 1—Establishment of the Bank Chapter 2—The Bank’s articles of association on establishment (2) The articles of association must also mention the following as examples of the form which financial assistance given by the Bank may take— (a) investment by the Bank (alone or with others) through the acquisition of loan or share capital in any company, 5 (b) investment by the Bank (alone or with others) through the acquisition of any— (i) undertaking, or (ii) assets, (c) a loan (secured or unsecured, and with or without interest), (d) insurance or a guarantee to meet any contingency (including default on payment 10 of a loan or any other failure to fulfil a contractual obligation). 4 Borrowing powers The articles of association must include a prohibition on the Bank borrowing from anyone other than the Scottish Ministers. 5 Ownership 15 The articles of association must preclude— (a) shares in the Bank from being allotted to anyone other than the Scottish Ministers, (b) the Scottish Ministers from transferring their shares in the Bank. 6 Directors: appointment (1) The articles of association must provide that— 20 (a) the Bank is to have between 9 and 13 directors, (b) there must be at least 2 executive directors (one of whom must be designated in the articles as chief executive and the other as chief financial officer), (c) there may not be more than 4 executive directors, (d) at least two thirds of the directors must be non-executive directors. 25 (2) The articles of association must provide that all of the Bank’s directors are to be appointed by the Scottish Ministers. (3) The articles of association must provide that the chair of the Bank’s board is to be one of the non-executive directors appointed to the office of chair by the Scottish Ministers. (4) In appointing non-executive directors, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the 30 desirability of ensuring that non-executive directors (as a whole) have experience or knowledge of the issues facing workers and businesses in Scotland. (5) In considering, for the purpose of subsection (4), the particular experience or knowledge that non-executive directors (as a whole) should have, the Scottish Ministers must consult— 35 (a) persons appearing to them to represent trade unions operating in Scotland, (b) persons appearing to them to represent businesses operating in Scotland. 4 Scottish National Investment Bank Bill Part 1—Establishment of the Bank Chapter 2—The Bank’s articles of association on establishment 7 Directors: tenure (1) The articles of association must provide that— (a) the period of a non-executive director’s appointment is to be a period, not exceeding 5 years, specified by the Scottish Ministers when making the 5 appointment, (b) a person may be appointed to the office of non-executive director more than once, (c) no person may hold the office of non-executive director for a cumulative period exceeding 8 years. (2) The articles of association must provide that a person ceases to hold the office of 10 director as soon as— (a) the person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Act 2006 or is prohibited from being a director by law, (b) the person becomes insolvent, meaning— (i) the person’s estate has been sequestrated, 15 (ii) the person has granted a trust deed for, or entered into a composition contract with, creditors, (iii) the person has been adjudged bankrupt, (iv) a voluntary arrangement proposed by the person has been approved, (v...
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10 June 2022
Policy Memorandum accessible
The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights has established that detention pre-trial can be justified by relevant and sufficient reasons (see, for example, Wemhoff v Germany (1979-80) 1 EHRR 55, Judgment, para 12; Yagci and Sargin v Turkey (1995) 20 EHRR 505, para 50. 343.
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16 January 2025
Solicitors Scotland Act 1980 Stage 2 Keeling schedule Version 2
(d) as to the action which the Council may take to enable them to ascertain whether or not the rules are being complied with; and (da) as to which solicitor is (or solicitors are) responsible for ensuring compliance with the rules made under this section on behalf of an authorised legal business, and (e) as to the recovery from solicitors of fees and other costs incurred by the Council in ascertaining whether or not a soliciotr who has failed to comply with the accounts rules has remidied that failure and is complying with the rules. (2) The banks mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) are— (a) the Bank of England; (b) … (c) the National Savings Bank; (d) … (e) a person (other than a building society) who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits; (ea) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits; (f) … and the rules may specify the location of the banks’ or companies’ branches at which the accounts are to be kept. (2A) Paragraphs (e) and (ea) of subsection (2) must be read with— (a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; (b) any relevant order under that section; and (c) Schedule 2 to that Act. (3) If any solicitor fails to comply with any rule made under this section that failure may be treated as professional misconduct or as unsatisfactory professional conduct.. (4) Rules made under this section shall not apply to a solicitor— (a) who is in employment as solicitor to a Minister of the Crown or a Government Department or as an assistant or officer appointed to act under the direction of such solicitor; or (b) who is in employment to which Part V...
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20 December 2024
Solicitors Scotland Act 1980 Stage 2 Keeling schedule
(d) as to the action which the Council may take to enable them to ascertain whether or not the rules are being complied with; and (da) as to which solicitor is (or solicitors are) responsible for ensuring compliance with the rules made under this section on behalf of an authorised legal business, and 39 Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 – Keeling schedule (e) as to the recovery from solicitors of fees and other costs incurred by the Council in ascertaining whether or not a soliciotr who has failed to comply with the accounts rules has remidied that failure and is complying with the rules. (2) The banks mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) are— (a) the Bank of England; (b) … (c) the National Savings Bank; (d) … (e) a person (other than a building society) who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits; (ea) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits; (f) … and the rules may specify the location of the banks’ or companies’ branches at which the accounts are to be kept. (2A) Paragraphs (e) and (ea) of subsection (2) must be read with— (a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; (b) any relevant order under that section; and (c) Schedule 2 to that Act. (3) If any solicitor fails to comply with any rule made under this section that failure may be treated as professional misconduct or as unsatisfactory professional conduct.. (4) Rules made under this section shall not apply to a solicitor— (a) who is in employment as solicitor to a Minister of the Crown or a Government Department or as an assistant or officer appointed to act under the direction of such solicitor; or (b) who is in employment to which Part V...
