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Last updated: 7 May 2025

SPBill67S062025

P ART 1 10 N OTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE OFFENDERS 1 Notification requirements 1 Persons subject to notification requirements (1) A person is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for the period set out in section 2 (“the notification period”) if— 15 (a) the person has, on or after the day on which this section comes into force, been convicted on indictment of an offence involving domestic abuse, and (b) in respect of that conviction— (i) a sentence of imprisonment for a period of 12 months or more was imposed and the person been released from imprisonment, or 20 (ii) the person is subject to a community payback order imposed under section 227A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 imposing an offender supervision requirement (within the meaning given by section 227G(1) of that Act) whether alone or along with any other requirement. (2) In this Part, “offence involving domestic abuse” means— 25 (a) an offence under section 1(1) (abusive behaviour towards partner or ex-partner) of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, (b) an offence under section 17 (breach of domestic abuse protection order) of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, SP Bill 67 Session 6 (2025) 2 Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Notification requirements for domestic abuse offenders (c) any other offence where the offence is aggravated as described in section 1(1)(a) (aggravation where abuse of partner or ex-partner) of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016. (3) A person for the time being subject to the notification requirements of this Part is 5 referred to in this Part as a “domestic abuse offender”. 2 The notification period (1) The notification period for a domestic abuse offender is— (a) in a case where a sentence of imprisonment for a period of between 12 months and 30 months has been imposed in respect of the conviction, the relevant period 10 beginning with the date...
Last updated: 28 May 2024

SPBill31AS062024

Household waste 30 10 Householder’s duty of care (1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is modified as follows. (2) In section 34— (a) in subsection (1), for “subsection (2)” substitute “subsections (1A) and (2)”, (b) after subsection (1) insert— 35 “(1A) The duty imposed by subsection (1) does not apply to an occupier of domestic property as respects the household waste produced on the property.”, (c) for subsection (2) substitute— “(2) An occupier of domestic property must, as respects the household waste the property, take reasonable steps to secure that any transfer of produced on 10 Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill waste is only to an authorised person or to a person for authorised transport purposes.”, (d) in subsection (6), after “(1),” insert “(2),”, (e) in subsection (7), after “(1),” insert “(2),”. 5 (3) After section 34ZB insert— “34ZC Fixed penalty notices for offences under section 34(6): Scotland (1) This section applies where a constable or an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the duty relating to the transfer of household waste in section 34(2). 10 (2) The constable or authorised officer (as the case may be) may give to the person 1 a notice offering the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for an offence under section 34(6) by payment of a fixed penalty. (3) A notice under subsection (2) may not be given if, in relation to the same circumstances— 15 (a) such a notice has already been given to the person (including by the same or by another local authority), or (b) a penalty or enforcement undertaking has already been imposed on the person by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency by virtue of Part 2 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. 20 (4) Where a constable gives a notice to a person under subsection (2), the constable must at the same time give a copy of the notice to the local authority in whose area the failure to comply with the duty in section 34(2) took place. (5) Where— (a) an authorised officer gives a notice to a person under subsection (2), 25 and (b) it appears to the officer that the failure to comply with the duty in section 34(2) took place both in the officer’s area and in another local authority’s area, the officer must at the same time give the other local authority a copy of the 30 notice. (6) Where a person is given a notice under subsection (2) in respect of an offence— (a) no proceedings may be instituted for that offence before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date...
Last updated: 21 October 2024

20241014CabSecTransportThe Heavy Goods Vehicles for the Use of Certain Infrastructure etc Regulation

The UK Government has recently advised the Scottish Government that a decision has still to be taken by Ministers on a new date for laying the SI. Scottish Government officials are in regular contact with their counterparts at the UK Government and will continue to seek updates and progress towards an agreed laying date.
Last updated: 3 October 2022

Budget_DFMToConvener_30Sept22

I should also note the need for the Scottish Government to give the SFC ten weeks’ notice of the Budget date under our statutory joint protocol.
Last updated: 15 November 2024

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Bureau members may wish to note for information that the rota for Members’ Business until February Recess is as follows– Week beginning Tuesday Wednesday Thursday October recess 2024 4 November 2024 SNP SNP GRN SNP* 11 November 2024 LD CON SNP 18 November 2024 SNP SNP CON 25 November 2024 LAB SNP SNP 2 December 2024 CON SNP LAB 9 December 2024 SNP CON SNP 16 December 2024 SNP GRN CON Christmas Recess 2024-25 6 January 2025 LAB SNP ALBA 13 January 2025 CON SNP LAB 20 January 2025 SNP CON SNP 27 January 2025 SNP CON LAB 3 February 2025 SNP SNP GRN * Rescheduled from 24 April 2024 4.
Last updated: 3 October 2025

25101 AnnualReturnForm Health Inequalities 2025

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities Date Group Established (the date of establishment is the date in this parliamentary session that the Group held its initial meeting, where the office bearers were elected and not the date that the Group was accorded recognition.
Last updated: 19 September 2025

Annual Return 2024 to 2025

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on Deafness Date Group Established (the date of establishment is the date in this parliamentary session that the Group held its initial meeting, where the office bearers were elected and not the date that the Group was accorded recognition.
Last updated: 19 September 2025

Annual Return 2024 to 2025

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on Deafness Date Group Established (the date of establishment is the date in this parliamentary session that the Group held its initial meeting, where the office bearers were elected and not the date that the Group was accorded recognition.
Last updated: 30 October 2023

Annual return 2022 to 2023

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on USA Date Group Established (the date of establishment is the date in this parliamentary session that the Group held its initial meeting, where the office bearers were elected and not the date that the Group was accorded recognition.
Last updated: 31 January 2022

SPBill06AENS062022accessible

Section 3(3) provides that the later date cannot be later than 6 months after the expiry date which applies at the time the regulations are made – whether that is the date set out in the Bill, or a date which has been set by a previous ...

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