.), (b) references to the bail period are references to the period beginning on the day on which the person is granted qualifying bail and ending on the day before the day on which the person ceases to be on qualifying 20 bail. (7) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations— (a) modify— (i) the meaning of “qualifying bail” or “the bail period” given by subsection (6), 25 (ii) the meaning of “the relevant period” given by subsection (3), (b) further modify this section, or modify any other enactment, to make such further provision for the purposes of this section as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (8) Regulations under subsection (7)— 30 (a) may include incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision, (b) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”. 5A Report on bail and remand (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 35 reporting period, prepare and publish a report on bail and remand. (2) The report must include the following information for each year of the reporting period— (a) the average daily remand population, (b) the total number of individuals within the remand population, 6 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Part 1—bail (c) the number of individuals who entered the remand population by reference to each of the following characteristics— (i) the offence (or type of offence) in respect of which the individual was remanded in custody, 5 (ii) the individual’s gender, (iii) the local authority area in which the individual lived...