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Last updated: 28 May 2024

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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...
Official Report Meeting date: 3 May 2023

Criminal Justice Committee 03 May 2023

I appreciate that you will introduce that legislation before summer recess and I am sure that we will have time to talk about it then, but that is not far away.
Last updated: 5 September 2025

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This change in the law will come into effect on a date specified by Scottish Ministers in regulations but the date cannot be before 1 January 2030.
Last updated: 20 December 2024

Chronic Pain Final_CPG Annual Return 2024

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on CHRONIC PAIN 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: 21 June 2024

Annual Return 2023 to 2024

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross Party Group on Disability 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: 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: 9 January 2026

SPPA_CEOToConvener_18Dec25

As I confirmed on 2 December, the agency will not achieve its target date of 31 December 2025 to deliver remediable service statements to all retired police officers.
Last updated: 30 March 2022

PE1887_H

Scottish Sentencing Council submission of 17 March 2022 PE1887/H - Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act Thank you for your letter dated 17 February 2022 drawing the Scottish Sentencing Council’s attention both to the petitioner’s correspondence in respect of the above petition and other written submissions received by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee to date.
Last updated: 28 November 2024

Annual Return CPG Science and Technology 2024

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology Date Group Established th Tuesday 7 September 2021 Date of Most Recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) th Tuesday 29 October 2024 Date Annual Return Submitted th Tuesday 26 November 2024 Date of Preceding AGM th Wednesday 13 December 2023 Group Meetings and Activities Please provide details of each meeting of the Group including the date of the meeting, a brief description of the main subjects discussed and the MSP and non-MSP attendance figures.
Last updated: 19 February 2024

Annual Return 2021 to 2022

Cross-Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross-Party Group Cross-Party Group on Tibet 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.

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