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A level of bureaucracy is required in order to have proper accountability and scrutiny, and the Scottish Police Federation identified early the problem of the lack of proper accountability and scrutiny in respect of stop and search.
This helps ensure proper scrutiny of and accountability in respect of legislation on devolved matters, and defends and supports the devolved settlement.
As is usual for court rules made by Act of Adjournal, the default laying requirement in section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 applies.
A CBPA-based solution risks creating multiple lines of accountability for the BTP rather than the simpler and more direct accountability that will be provided by integration with Police Scotland. 69.