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This reflects the feedback received through the consultation published earlier this year (Use of remote technology in school admission and exclusion appeal hearings: Consultation Analysis - gov.scot), which emphasised the importance of preserving the flexibility that remote hearings provide while safeguarding the right of appellants to participate in appeal...
The framework is designed to be flexible in order to permit careful planning for those with differing needs, including those who, for example, have a learning difficulty and those who are particularly able or talented.
The framework is designed to be flexible in order to permit careful planning for those with differing needs, including those who, for example, have a learning difficulty and those who are particularly able or talented.
Accordingly, in line with my policy intention, specific categories of assistance dogs can be prescribed in a flexible and timeously manner. In any event, regulations made under this power can only be for the purposes of the definition of assistance dog under section 2 of the Bill.
(c) multiple premises- This is not something which ELC has really come across since STL licensing came into effect, but this allows useful flexibility to enable a partial grant for premises meeting the criteria, rather than being forced to reject an application in respect of which it may be that only one of several premises is actually an issue I licensing ...
Alzheimer Scotland notes that the Scottish Government’s response wrongly attributes the reference to the use of section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as a means to provide flexibility for Scottish local authorities to reduce council tax liability to Alzheimer Scotland.
I have consistently said that SEPA will take a flexible approach where possible and it is important that those producers not yet registered know that SEPA will be pragmatic in their approach.
This must also offer additional flexibility to ensure there are multiple treatment options available to patients on the NHS, including prophylactic (preventative) treatment for people who have zero or weak response to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 November 2025
The Scottish Government’s response explains that “the residential property development sector is varied and subject to a wide variety of factors which can affect the build-out rates of different development types”.