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The power will complement any increased use of undertakings in practice, as it provides the chance to impose an additional short-term restriction on the behaviour of an accused until the case can be called in court.
I think that the cover-up will stop once each individual lawyer is responsible for their own actions and that we will get much better behaviour and justice in the legal system.
I have a brief question about the amendments to the provisions in the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 on the registration scheme for private landlords.
Recent research in the United States has shown that, by adolescence, two thirds of such children have severe behavioural, emotional and relationship difficulties, leading to up to half of adoptive placements being disrupted.
The lack of privacy and high noise levels in circus environments make them completely unsuitable for such animals.There is evidence that the animals display stress responses and signs of mental and physical suffering such as bouts of abnormal behaviour. There are health risks from inadequate hygiene and dietary deficiencies.
Over the past five to seven years, we have had three cases in which sheriffs have deemed, on veterinary evidence, that wild animals that had been held captive in a way that did not allow them to express their natural behaviour had been terrified. Those cases were successfully prosecuted.
I have great confidence in the provisions of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004. Shelter Scotland wondered how effective a letting code would be because landlords would not be legally obliged to adhere to it.
Indeed, it is supporting such research as part of the PACE—pacing, activity and cognitive behaviour therapy: a randomised evaluation—trial, which is a wider Medical Research Council study.
It is vital that we work in partnership to ensure practical results on antisocial behaviour, transport and crime in particular.Local government will receive many more benefits from its new budget.