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Last updated: 25 November 2020

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Appointment of members 2 (1) Environmental Standards Scotland is to consist of— 10 (a) a member appointed by the Scottish Ministers to chair Environmental Standards Scotland, and (b) at least 4 but no more than 6 other members appointed by the Scottish Ministers. (2) The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person as a member only if the Scottish Parliament has approved the appointment. 15 (2A) In appointing members, the Scottish Ministers must have regard, among other things, to the desirability of ensuring that the membership (taken as a whole) has expertise or experience in— (a) law (including international law) relating to the natural environment, (b) environmental science, 20 (c) environmental policy, and (d) investigatory and enforcement proceedings. (3) A member is appointed for such period not exceeding 4 years as the Scottish Ministers determine. (4) The Scottish Ministers may reappoint a person as a member if— 25 (a) the person— (i) is a member at the time of reappointment, or (ii) ceased to be a member not more than 3 months before the date of reappointment, and (b) the person has not previously been reappointed. 30 (5) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to the reappointment of a person as a member as they apply to the appointment of a person as a member. (6) The Scottish Ministers may determine other terms and conditions of membership in relation to matters not covered by this Act. (7) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend sub-paragraph (1)(b) by substituting a 35 different number for a number for the time being mentioned there. (8) Regulations under sub-paragraph (7) are subject to the negative procedure. 28 UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Environmental Standards Scotland Persons who may not be members 3 (1) The Scottish Ministers may not appoint a person as a member if sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies to the person. (2) This sub-paragraph applies to a person who is— 5 (a) a member of— (i) the Scottish Parliament, (ii) the House of Commons, (iii) the House of Lords, (iv) Senedd Cymru, or 10 (v...
Last updated: 2 October 2019

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The response also noted the recent (at the time) judgment by the English Court of Appeal in Steinfeld and Keidan v Secretary of State for s/attachment_data/file/815741/Civil_Partnerships_- _Next_Steps_and_Consultation_on_Conversion.pdf 53 For example, a body might see marriage as a relationship for mixed sex couples, and civil partnership as the relationship for same sex couples. 54 https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00527978.pdf 55 https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/steinfeld-and-keidan-v-secretary-of- state-for-education/ 37 This document relates to the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 57) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 30 September 2019 Education, and that the UK Supreme Court had granted permission to appeal that judgment.
Official Report Meeting date: 9 May 2019

Justice Sub-Committee on Policing 09 May 2019

The Scottish Criminal Bar Association has called into question the extent to which Police Scotland appears to be resting on the outcome of two particular cases and is drawing principles from them that appear to be broader, certainly according to the SCBA, than the court intended. The cases are JL and EI v HM Advocate and HM Advocate v Rollo.
Last updated: 11 March 2026

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S6W-44242 Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the actions taken by the working group it established following the UK Supreme Court’s judgment in the For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers case, to ensure that all public bodies are providing single-sex spaces.
Last updated: 9 June 2023

DRS Amendment Regulations 2023 update

This publication is available at www.gov.scot Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at The Scottish Government St Andrew’s House Edinburgh EH1 3DG ISBN: 978-1-83960-583-3 (web only) Published by The Scottish Government, March 2020 Produced for The Scottish Government by APS Group Scotland, 21 Tennant Street, Edinburgh EH6 5NA PPDAS699446 (03/20) w w w . g o v . s c o t pdf. application/pdf. 2195193.
Last updated: 7 March 2023

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S5W-02025 Miles Briggs: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Supreme Court ruling, Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, regarding the information provided to patients.
Official Report Meeting date: 7 June 2018

Meeting of the Parliament 07 June 2018

Can the First Minister assure me today that her Government is doing everything to ensure that the V&A Dundee can be on a firm financial footing?
Official Report Meeting date: 19 November 2015

Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2015

Tenant Farming Law To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect tenant farmers who are affected by the Salvesen v Riddell case and subsequent remedial order.
Last updated: 17 January 2020

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Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 2] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enfranchise certain persons in respect of Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; to extend to certain persons the right to vote at, stand for election at, and hold office as elected members following, Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; and for connected purposes. 5 P ART 1 F OREIGN NATIONALS Enfranchisement for Scottish elections 1 Voting by qualifying foreign nationals (1) The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows. 10 (2) In section 2(1) (local government electors), in paragraph (c) for “or a relevant citizen of the Union” substitute “, a relevant citizen of the Union or (in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (3) In section 4(3) (entitlement to be registered as a local government elector), in paragraph (c) for “or a relevant citizen of the Union” substitute “, a relevant citizen of the Union or 15 (in relation to a local government election in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (4) In section 7B(3) (notional residence: declarations of local connection), in paragraph (e) after “Union” insert “or (if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (5) In section 16(1) (contents of service declaration), in paragraph (e) after “Union” insert 20 “or (if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (6) In section 17(1) (effect of service declaration), in paragraph (c) after “Union” insert “or (in relation to a declaration made for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. 25 (7) In section 49(5)(b) (effect of registers), after sub-paragraph (iv) insert— “(v...
Official Report Meeting date: 16 September 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 16 September 2025

Jamie Greene might also wish to consider that the Law Society and the Faculty of Advocates have raised issues regarding the sections that will be amended by amendment 55. In the cases of Keir v HMA and Daly v HMA, the Supreme Court has yet to issue judgment, but that might directly impact the interpretation of sectio...

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