Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot • In paragraph 33 of the Memorandum, the reference to section 9 of the Bill should be to section 10 of the Bill. • In paragraph 40 of the Memorandum, the reference to section 10(13) of the Bill should be to section 11(15) of the Bill. • In paragraph 42 of the Memorandum, the reference to section 2(aa) should be to paragraph (aa) of section 177(2) (of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011), and the reference to section 2(a) should be to paragraph (a) of that subsection. • The heading above paragraph 43 (and that paragraph’s references to “this section”) should be references to section 23 of the Bill not section 24.