. —————— ———— Presiding officer’s statement on legislative competence On 21 June 2017, the Presiding Officer (Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.” —————————— Member’s statement on legislative competence SP Bill 19–LC Session 5 (2017) T hese documents relate to the Offensive Behaviour at Football and reatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 19) as Th introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 21 June 2017 On 15 June 2017, the member in charge of the Bill (James Kelly MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.”