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The Property Law Reform programme is a package and we will assess the appropriate date for commencement when the next Bill in the package - the Title Conditions Bill - has been enacted.
However, suppose that you are right and it is appropriate to make cuts and to rationalise and that Clive Fairweather is also right and that what you are doing is a good thing.
As I explained during the debate on Stage 1, the use of £100 in the Budget Bill is an accepted convention to signal that the exact amount of receipts cannot be accurately forecast, where we could not provide a “taut and realistic” figure for bill.
All three stages of the Parliament's consideration of the bill were completed on 27 February. It received Royal Assent on 8 March and came into force on 9 March as the Criminal Procedure (Amendment)(Scotland) Act 2002.
Under Section 2 of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) (No.2) Bill, the income arising from the graduate endowment means the full amount payable by each liable graduate in the Spring following the completion of their course.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 November 2000
The Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Bill will enable us to proceed with this package, as the income from the graduate endowment will be applied exclusively to fund bursary and other student support.