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11 March 2025
FMPG David Dishon to PAC 10 March 2025
Generally, seek to engender from the Executive team more urgency on timeous delivery of Glen Sannox and Hull 802 and focus on cost management thereof; v. Check that the Group’s performance is compared with industry peers and that an improved productivity journey is embraced and tracked by management; vi.
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21 November 2024
CabSecRALRI_SLCappointments_17 October 2024
Section 11(1) of the Act provides that in appointing members to the Commission, the Scottish Ministers must – (a) have regard among other things to the desirability of the Commission (taken as a whole) having expertise or experience in – i. land reform, ii. law, iii. finance, iv. economic issues, v. planning and development, vi. land management, vii. commun...
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14 November 2024
ConvtoCabSec_SLCappointments2024_14 November 2024
Section 11(1) of the Act provides that in appointing members to the Commission, the Scottish Ministers must – (a) have regard among other things to the desirability of the Commission (taken as a whole) having expertise or experience in – i. land reform, ii. law, iii. finance, iv. economic issues, v. planning and development, vi. land management, vii. commun...
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10 June 2024
Islands (Scotland) Bill as Passed
Licensing of development activities 18 Scottish island marine area licence (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations establish a scheme by virtue of which a 10 person must not, except in accordance with a licence granted by a local authority, carry on a development activity within such part of the Scottish island marine area as is designated in the regulations as a part in which such a licence is required to carry on a development activity (in this Part an “island licensing area”). (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may designate an area as an island licensing area only 15 if— (a) a local authority has applied to the Scottish Ministers for such a designation to be made, and (b) the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the area is adjacent to an inhabited island. (3) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision about (in particular)— 20 (a) the types of development activity covered by, and exempted from, the scheme, (b) the area and boundaries of the Scottish island marine area— (i) which are covered by, or exempted from, the scheme, (ii) which are allocated to a particular local authority for the purposes of the scheme, 25 (iii) which are designated as an island licensing area, (c) the procedure to be followed in relation to an application to a local authority for a licence, including about— (i) the steps to be taken before a person may apply for a licence (for example consultation and notification of affected persons), 30 (ii) the issue, renewal, variation, transfer, suspension and revocation of a licence, (iii) an appeal of a decision relating to a licence, (iv) the fees chargeable by a local authority, (v...
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6 June 2024
SPBill27BS062024
Arrestee’s duty of disclosure 6 Arrestment and action of furthcoming 10 (1) Part 3A of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 is modified as follows. 1 (1A) After section 73C, insert— “73CA Service of documents for purposes of sections 73B and 73C (1) In relation to the service of documents for the purposes of sections 73B and 73C, the documents must be served on the arrestee either— 15 (b) by being sent to the proper address of the arrestee— (i) by a registered post service (as defined in section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000), or (ii) by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the document to be recorded, or 20 (c) by being transmitted to the arrestee electronically. (1A) But, despite subsection (1), if it is impossible or impracticable for the documents to be served on the arrestee in either of the ways described in that subsection, service of the documents may instead be effected by any other competent mode of service. 25 (2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(b), the proper address of the arrestee is— (a) in the case of a body corporate, the address of the registered or principal office of the body, (b) in the case of a partnership, the address of the principal office of the partnership, 30 (c) in any other case, the last known address of the arrestee. (3) Where a document is served as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) on an address in the United Kingdom it is to be taken to have been received 48 hours after it is sent unless the contrary is shown. (4) For the purpose of subsection (1)(c)— 35 (a) electronic transmission of a document must be effected in a way that the arrestee has indicated to the creditor or officer of court that the arrestee is willing to receive the document, (b) the arrestee’s indication of willingness to receive a document in a particular way may be— 40 (i) specific to the document in question or generally applicable to documents of that kind, 12 Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (ii) expressed specifically to the creditor or officer of court or generally (for example on a website), (iii) inferred from the arrestee having previously been willing to receive documents from the creditor or officer of court in that way and 5 not having indicated unwillingness to do so again, (c) the creditor or officer of court’s uploading of a document to an electronic storage system from which the arrestee is able to download the document may constitute electronic transmission of the document, where the arrestee is sent a notification that the document has been uploaded in that way, 10 (d) a notice transmitted electronically is taken to have been received on the 1 day of transmission unless the contrary is shown.”. (2) In section 73G(4) (arrestee’s duty of disclosure)— (a) in paragraph (a), the word “and” after sub-paragraph (ii) is repealed, (b) after paragraph (b), insert— 15 “(c) where no property is attached, the reason why (for example, the arrestee does not hold funds standing to the credit of the debtor, or does hold such funds but the sum held is less than sum mentioned in section 73F(3)(a)).”. (3) In section 73H (failure to disclose information)— 20 (a) in subsection (1)(b), for “mentioned in section 73F(4) of this Act” substitute “of £500”, (b) after subsection (4), insert— “(5) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify subsection (1)(b) so as to vary the sum mentioned there.”. 25 6A Attachment of property or funds: duty to consult and power to make further provision (1) The Scottish Ministers must, within 1 year of this section coming into force— (a) consult such persons as they consider appropriate about the merits of— (i) attaching particular types of funds or other property in pursuance of any 30 provision under Part 3A of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”), (ii) establishing, or modifying, a process for a debtor to apply to a decision-maker for an order requiring an arrestee to release to a debtor funds due to, or other property of, the debtor attached by an arrestment in 35 accordance with that Part, (b) after having had regard to the views expressed, prepare a report which— (i) summarises the consultation responses received, and (ii) sets out what steps (if any) the Scottish Ministers propose to take as a result of the findings (including, for example, the exercise of their regulation 40 making powers under section 73U of the 1987 Act to modify Part 3A of that Act). (2) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after preparing the report, lay the report before the Scottish Parliament. 13 Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (3) The Scottish Ministers must comply with the duties in subsections (1) and (2) before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under section 73U of the 1987 Act before the Scottish Parliament. (4) The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 is modified by subsection (5). 5 (5) After section 73T, insert— “73U Power to make provision about attaching particular property or funds (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify this Part to make provision— (a) about the types of funds or other property that may not be attached by an arrestment, 10 (b) establishing, or modifying, a process for a debtor to apply to a person 1 specified in the regulations (a “decision-maker”) for an order requiring an arrestee to release to a debtor funds due to, or other property of, the debtor attached by an arrestment. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may (among other things)— 15 (a) in respect of regulations under paragraph (a) of that subsection, include provision specifying— (i) cases or circumstances in which particular funds or property may not be attached by an arrestment, (ii) particular types of funds which must be disregarded when 20 calculating the protected minimum sum mentioned in section 73F(3)(a), (b) in respect of regulations under paragraph (b) of that subsection, include provision about— (i) the manner in which debtors may apply to a decision-maker for 25 an order, (ii) the information to be provided as part of an application, (iii) the factors which a decision-maker must have regard to in deciding whether to give an order (for example, that the attachment of particular funds or property is unduly harsh), 30 (iv) the process for determining if an order should be given (for example, by conferring a discretion on a decision-maker or other person to decide any matter), (v...
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27 March 2024
SPBill45ENS062024accessible
This includes (as detailed in subsection (2)(a)(i) to (v)): the number of people who make first and second declarations; the numbers who end their lives under the provisions of the Bill; the reasons why people want to be provided with assistance to end their lives; the reasons why a person decides not to proceed and end their own life; the details of the ap...
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17 January 2024
GLP Annex
Each quarter we review our achievements in our GLP delivery to support this approach and each year we remind all offices of our commitments and the year’s achievements. 7 V ISIBILITY Rationale: The presence of Gaelic in the corporate identity and signs in a public authority greatly enhances the visibility of the language, increases its status and makes an i...
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25 April 2023
Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland Submission
Relative poverty rate, after housing, 1999/02 – 2019/22 35% 30% ) C H 25% A , ev ita 20% l e R( et 15% a r y t re 10% v O P 5% 0% All people Children Working-age adults Source: Scottish Government, Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 1 Since devolution, Scotland witnessed consecutive years of declining child poverty through the 2000s but that ...
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27 February 2023
LONG COVID SCOTLAND Action group board feedback survey
Reality on the ground in Tayside is little support, GPs underinformed and unsupported with LC issues. GP unsupported = patient v unsupported. The lack of clearly defined protocols means it is hit and miss, a postcode lottery.
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2 December 2021
SPCB 2021 Paper 069
Output 1: Thematic report on biometric data relating to children, young people, Note on output 2: (With reference to previous IAG and vulnerable adults to the Scottish Parliament (March 2023). recommendations in Scotland and Gaughran v. United 2. Review rules of permissible retention as prescribed in Scottish law.
