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The Scottish Government has chosen to lay this instrument under the negative procedure and has categorised it as Low in terms of significance under the SSI Protocol.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49</a> [accessed 21 February 2019] makes provisions for promoting social welfare in Scotland. Section 12A of the Act lays out the duties of local authorities to assess the community care needs of adults, defined as thos...
Ongoing Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters
Part 3 Title VI of the Agreement provides rules for the continuation of cooperation on cross-border civil and commercial proceedings underway at the end of the transition period. In particular it lays down that the EU law on the recognition and enforcement of judgments will continue to apply to j...
This is the case with the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland where the Lord President makes appointments of judicial members and Scottish Ministers make appointments of legal or lay members.
The special provision for the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission provides that Scottish Ministers are to be treated as the appointing person, rather than ...
Since it receives funding in this way, the Commission’s accounts are covered within the Scottish Ministers’ duty under section 19 of the 2000 Act, and the Commission’s accounting and auditing duties under the 2018 Act are legally otiose.
This is because under section 19(1) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000, there is a duty for the Scottish Ministers and every other person to whom funds are paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund in a financial year to prepare accounts of their expenditure and receipts for that year.
S5W-32926 Colin Smyth: To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available to taxi drivers whose businesses have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions but who (a) do not have business bank accounts and (b) are not registered for non-domestic rates.
This investment delivers a range of contract and service improvements – taking into account recommendations from a number of Parliamentary and public sector scrutiny bodies, including your Committee.
This is in stark contrast to England where there is a National Clinical Director for Renal Medicine. Without defined accountability, progress will be inconsistent, and the health system will not be able to deliver the scale of improvement required.