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But more significantly, fiscal responsibility for the remaining benefits to be devolved will transfer to the Scottish Parliament by April 2020 at the latest. This means that the Scottish budget takes the risk from spending on social security benefits in full from 2020-21.
Further information is contained in Scottish Government guidance for social landlords.2Scottish Government. (2020, March 11). Energy efficiency in social housing: guidance for landlords - revised 2020.
In its written submission, Scottish Women’s Aid said that the Bill should follow the drafting of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 when discussing the welfare of the child and the requirement to take a child’s views into account.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 December 2020
Making it an offence not to self-report a suspected offence is not, to my knowledge, used in other contexts – and there would not appear to be anything so distinctive about the livestock-worrying context that would justify making a special exception from general principles of criminal law.5Emma Harper MSP. (2020, November 5). Letter from Emma Harper, the Member in charge of the Bill, as follow up to her evidence session with the Committee on 28 October 2020.
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It suggested that the review should consider “what purpose has been served by the collection of this data”.8Association for Scottish Public Affairs (ASPA). (2020, August 28). Written submission.
The 2002 Act was amended in November 2020 by the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Powers and Protections) (Scotland) Act 2020 to allow courts to prosecute offences under solemn procedure, as well as summary procedure as was previously the case.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 November 2024
Scrutiny of instruments under the Committee's remit: instruments drawn to the attention of the Parliament
The following three instruments form part of a wider package of regulations which implement the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.