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11 June 2024
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The power is subject to the default laying requirement under section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
Last updated:
28 February 2024
Pigs guidance on Welfare of Farmed Animals and Code of practice for the welfare of pigs
Guidance for the welfare of meat chickens was published in 2019, for the welfare of laying hens in 2020, and for the welfare of pigs in November 2023.
Last updated:
10 April 2024
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Subsection (3) requires the Scottish Ministers to lay a draft of the funeral director’s code before the Scottish Parliament, after taking account of any representations made by virtue of subsection (2) which requires Ministers to consult with funeral directors and any other relevant parties before issuing a funeral d...
Last updated:
13 March 2024
Letter from Mr McIntosh Diligence Against Earnings
I hope you will agree with me and convey this view in your reply to the Minister, but should he lay the regulations using the PMA figure he has proposed to you in his letter, I would respectfully request that you hear evidence on this matter from a wider group of stakeholders.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 January 2018
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Policing and prosecution
As is the case with any new piece of legislation, training and appropriate guidance will be required for procurators fiscal, the police and others involved in its implementation. That will be taken into account as the Scottish Government coordinate implementation of the legislation.
Last updated:
20 April 2022
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SP Bill 14 Session 6 (2022) 2 Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—National Transitions Strategy 2 Consultation on strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must, in preparing the National Transitions Strategy— (a) publish a draft strategy, (b) consult on the draft strategy, and 5 (c) take into account any views and information received by them by virtue of such consultation. (2) In preparing the National Transitions Strategy, the Scottish Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate, and are likely to be directly affected by the National Transitions Strategy, or otherwise to have an interest in that strategy. 10 (3) The persons consulted under subsection (2) must include— 1 (a) disabled children and young people, (b) the parents, legally appointed guardians or other carers, of disabled children and young people, (c) organisations working for, and on behalf of, disabled children and young people, 15 and their families, (d) organisations consisting of disabled people, (e) local authorities, (f) Health Boards, (g) Integration Joint Boards, 20 (h) Further Education Institutions, (i) Higher Education Institutions, and (j) the providers of other services to disabled children and young people and their families or other carers. 3 Publication and laying of strategy 25 (1) Within one year of Royal Assent the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish the National Transitions Strategy, and (b) lay a copy of it before the Scottish Parliament. (2) As soon as reasonably practicable after complying with subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must— 30 (a) publish a report setting out— (i) the consultation process taken in order to comply with section 2, and (ii) the ways in which views expressed during that process have been taken account of in preparing the National Transitions Strategy, (b) lay a copy of the report published under paragraph (a) before the Scottish 35 Parliament, and (c) make a statement to the Scottish Parliament in relation to the National Transitions Strategy. 3 Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—National Transitions Strategy 4 Duties to comply with National Transitions Strategy (1) In exercising their functions under this Act the persons listed in subsection (2) must comply with the National Transitions Strategy. (2) The persons are— 5 (a) the Scottish Ministers, (b) local authorities, (c) Health Boards, (d) Integration Joint Boards, (e) Further Education Institutions, 10 (f) Higher Education Institutions, and 1 (g) such other persons as the Scottish Ministers may prescribe by regulations. (3) Before making any regulations under subsection 4(2)(g) the Scottish Ministers must consult with— (a) such persons as appear to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of the interests 15 of persons likely to be affected by regulations introduced under subsection 4(2)(g), and (b) such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 5 Review and publication of National Transitions Strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must review the National Transitions Strategy before the end of 20 each reporting period. (2) The reporting periods are— (a) the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the first National Transitions Strategy is published under section 3, and (b) each subsequent period of 3 years. 25 (3) Following a review under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers— (a) must prepare a report on the review, including in particular the Scottish Ministers' assessment of the extent to which the National Transitions Strategy has been complied with, and (b) may revise the strategy. 30 (4) If, following a review, the Scottish Ministers decide not to revise the National Transitions Strategy under subsection (3)(b), the report prepared under subsection (3)(a) must set out their reasons for not doing so. (5) When reviewing the National Transitions Strategy, the Scottish Ministers must consult the persons mentioned in section 2(2). 35 (6) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish each revision of the National Transitions Strategy, (b) publish each report prepared under subsection (3)(a) above, and 4 Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Transitions Plans (c) lay before the Scottish Parliament— (i) a copy of each revision of the National Transitions Strategy, and (ii) each report prepared under subsection (3)(a). 6 Special responsibility 5 The Scottish Ministers are to assign to a member of the Scottish Government, or to a junior Scottish Minister, special responsibility in relation to the exercise of their functions under this Act.
Last updated:
27 November 2025
Parliamentary Appointments Session 6 updated 28 June 23
The main areas of responsibility of the Commission are to: • examine Audit Scotland's proposals for the use of resources and expenditure and report on them to the Parliament; • appoint a qualified person to audit the accounts of Audit Scotland; • lay before the Parliament and publish a copy of Audit Scotland’s accounts and the auditor's report on them; • appoint three of the five members of Audit Scotland on such terms and conditions as the SCPA determines; • appoint one of these three members to preside at meetings of Audit Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 March 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Public Services Reform (Scottish Water) Order 2026 (draft)
As part of this process, Ministers must lay the proposed draft Order and an accompanying explanatory document before the Parliament and send these documents to those being consulted.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025
What happens after the Regulations
The Parliament's approval of the Regulations triggers the laying of the next draft CCP.
Scottish Ministers must lay a draft CCP within two months of the Regulations coming into force.
Last updated:
8 June 2023
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Resources 11 The Scottish Ministers are to provide the Council with such staff and other resources 35 as it requires to carry out its functions. 9 Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill Schedule 1—Operation and composition of the Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Part 5—Membership Accounts and audit 12 (1) The Council must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, (b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts, and 5 (c) send a copy of the statement to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing. (2) The Council must comply with any directions which the Scottish Ministers give it in relation to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b).
