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Well, because everything had been successfully achieved, they decided— Oh—right. I do not know that; I am just saying— That surprises me a little, given what the two that have been disbanded covered.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
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Report on the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2019
A report on the Local Government and Communities Committee's consideration of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2019.
Gemma Cooper of NFU Scotland suggested that Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management) should look upon the Bill as an opportunity to take stock and plan ahead—
To build on what Jim Inness said, the Crown Estate calls it an audit, but I call it a record of condition.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 December 2022
The answer to this question is set out in Paragraph 48 of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Policy Memorandum. This can be accessed at: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/national-care-service-scotland-bill/introduced S6W-12830
Defence of reasonableness
While the Bill is similar to the offence of threatening or abusive behaviour set out in section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, two of the ways it differs are that:
for threatening or abusive behaviour to be an offence under section 38 of the 2010 Act it must be “likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm” - the Bill does not include a similar requirement;
it is a defence under section 38 of the 2010 Act to show that the behaviour was reasonable in the particular circumstances - the Bill does not currently provide for this either.
Other parts of the Bill introduce environmental laws that do not directly relate to EU exit - for example provisions on biodiversity net gain in planning, which do not apply in Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2017
iWild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill, as introduced (SP Bill 12, Session 5 (2017)), Section 3
In evidence to the Committee, Angela Lawson statediiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 23 May 2017, Col 17—
"We specifically do no...