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The Instrument
The Policy Note states that under the 2024 Act the “commercial exploitation of a quantity of aggregate is taken to occur in Scotland” when—
the aggregate is located in Scotland when it is subject to exploitation, or
where the aggregate is subject to exploitation as a result of movement of aggregate to Scotland from a place in the UK or from ...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
Nation-wide maximum charge
Section 1(3) of the Bill inserts a new section 6A into the 2024 Act. Sections 6A(6) and (7) allow the Scottish Ministers to set, by regulations, a maximum amount for the levy, with different maximum amounts permitted for different purposes.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
The Government undertook to utilise its 2025 Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy, and its five-year fiscal sustainability Delivery Plan, “to outline the specific actions being undertaken to deliver sustainable finances” for the criminal justice sector.iiResponse from the Scottish Government to the Criminal Justice Committee's Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025/26, Page 7 (4 December 2024) This would inform decisions on funding mechanisms going forward in the Scottish Spending Review (which is due for publication in January 2026).
., MacPherson, A., & Carey, L. (2024). Intra-UK and International Dimensions of Digital Assets for Scotland: With a Focus on Private International Law Matters and Developing International Frameworks: Report on Workshop 3.
This would involve defining digital assets as property, provisions on how transfers of ownership would operate in Scots property law and confirmation that general principles of Scots private law remain applicable to such assets (if consistent with their characteristics).1Scottish Government. (2024). Digital Assets in Scots Private Law Consultation.
Intention to transfer ownership as an additional requirement
It was proposed in the Consultation that the voluntary transfer of ownership of a digital asset should require two elements:
(1) the transfer of control from the current owner to another person or body; and
(2) the current owner intending to transfer ownership to that other person.1Scottish Government. (2024). Digital Assets in Scots Private Law Consultation.
Digital Assets in Scots Private Law: Consultation (November 2024) Scottish Government Analysis . Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/consultation-analysis/2025/05/digital-assets-scots-private-law-consultation-scottish-government-analysis/documents/digital-assets-scots-private-law-consultation-scottish-governme...
Adults in NHS Lanarkshire have access to the Adult Neurodevelopmental Service (ANDS), established in April 2024. Adults seeking a neurodevelopmental assessment can be referred to this service by their GP, but also by Community Mental Health Teams and Pyschological Therapy Teams.