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Meeting date:
5 September 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 05 September 2023
Is the committee content with the explanation that the Scottish Government has provided for the breach of the laying requirements? Members indicated agreement.
Last updated:
20 January 2025
Regulation of Legal Services Scotland Bill 18 January 2025
The SLCC is already required to consult on its budget and operating plan, which set out our plans for the year ahead, and to lay those in Parliament. We also lay our annual report and annual accounts in Parliament.
Last updated:
24 June 2021
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.), sub-paragraph 5 (5)(d). (5) In schedule 6— (a) paragraph 6 (freedom of information: Commissioner's ability to take account of impact of coronavirus), (aa) paragraph 13 (grounds for exclusion of the public from meetings of local 10 authorities), 1 (b) paragraph 15 (duties under the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000). (6) In schedule 7— (a) paragraphs 1 and 5 (social security: period for re-determination of entitlement), 15 (c) paragraphs 23 to 30 (scrutiny of subordinate legislation in urgent cases). (7) The following provisions of schedule 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 expire at the end of 30 September 2021— (a) in paragraph 3 (termination of student residential tenancy by tenant: requirements for notice)— 20 (i) sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i), (ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), the words “in any other case,”, (iii) sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), (b) paragraph 6 (carer’s allowance supplement), (d) paragraph 24 (marriages and civil partnerships during emergency period). 25 (8) For the purpose of section 13(1) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, the expiry of a provision of that Act by virtue of this section is to be treated as if it were by virtue of previous regulations under section 13(1) of that Act. (9) For the purpose of section 10(1) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, the expiry of a provision of that Act by virtue of this section is to be treated as if it were 30 by virtue of previous regulations under section 10(1) of that Act. 2A Suspension of provisions (1) The operation of paragraphs 22 and 23 (care homes: inspections and reporting on coronavirus deaths) of schedule 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 is suspended at the end of 30 September 2021. 35 (2) For the purpose of section 8(1)(b) and (2) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, the suspension by virtue of subsection (1) is to be treated as if it were by virtue of section 8(1)(a) of that Act. 2B Notice of changes to coronavirus related measures (1) The Scottish Ministers must, at least 24 hours before the proposed change would come 40 into effect, lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement notifying it of any proposal 3 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill to change a measure put in place by them to respond to the effect of the spread or incidence of coronavirus under— (a) the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, or (b) the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020. 5 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Scottish Ministers consider that there are reasons of urgency which mean that it is not possible to comply with the requirement imposed by that subsection. (3) Where the Scottish Ministers rely on subsection (2), they must as soon as possible lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement explaining the circumstances. 10 (4) In this section, “coronavirus” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Coronavirus 1 (Scotland) Act 2020. 2C Report on certain matters relating to Act (1) The Scottish Ministers must no later than one month after the day of Royal Assent lay before the Scottish Parliament a report of— 15 (a) progress being made towards marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations and associated celebratory events being able to be held without restrictions arising from the spread or incidence of coronavirus, (b) their view of the effect of this Act on— (i) the measures in place to help businesses to deal with the effects of disruption 20 attributable to coronavirus, (ia) live music and live music venues, (ii) social security support available for carers, (iii) support available to persons who are required to self-isolate for a reason relating to coronavirus, and 25 (iv) social care services, and (c) the use of fiscal fines (that is, conditional offers of fixed penalties under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) during the period beginning on 7 April 2020 and ending on the day of Royal Assent. (2) The report must in particular include— 30 (a) information on the restrictions remaining in place as respects the holding of marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations and associated celebratory events, (b) information on the measures in place to help businesses deal with the effect of disruption attributable to coronavirus and any plans for further measures the 35 Scottish Ministers propose to put in place to help businesses, (c) information on the social security support to help carers put in place for a reason related to coronavirus and any plans for further social security support to help carers the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place for such a reason, (d) information on the support available to persons who are required to self-isolate 40 for a reason relating to coronavirus and any plans for further support for such persons the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place, 4 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill (e) information on the measures in place to restore social care services to their level as at 1 March 2020 and any plans for further measures the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place to secure this, and (f) information on— 5 (i) the numbers of fiscal fines issued for each level on the scale during the period mentioned in subsection (1)(c), and (ii) the numbers of fiscal fines issued for each level of the scale in the period ending on 6 April 2020 which is of the same length as the period mentioned in subsection (1)(c). 10 (3) In this section— 1 “carer” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, “coronavirus” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, “the scale” means the scale in the schedule of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) 15 Act 1995 Fixed Penalty Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/108) (as it had effect at the time). 2D Reporting on status of eviction provisions (1) Each report required by section 15(1) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 must also include information on the operation during the period to which the report relates of schedule 1 of that Act, including in particular— 20 (a) the measures in place to protect tenants from eviction and any plans for further measures the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place to protect tenants from eviction, (b) the number of notices of proceedings issued to tenants in social housing as a result of rent arrears in the period, 25 (c) the total value of rent arrears in the social housing sector accumulated during the period, and (d) the number of eviction orders because of rent arrears issued by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland during the period. (2) But subsection (1) does not require a report to include information on the operation of 30 a provision if the provision has been expired before the period to which the report relates. 3 Minor and consequential provisions (1) Section 4 (children and vulnerable adults) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 is repealed, together with the italic heading immediately preceding it. 35 (2) In section 12(6) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, for “Before” substitute “At the same time as”. (2A) In section 12 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, subsections (7) and (8) are repealed. (3) In schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, paragraph 16 (community orders: 40 interpretation) is amended as follows— (a) in the opening words, for the words “paragraphs 12, 14 and” substitute “paragraph”, 5 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill (b) the definition of “drug treatment and testing order” is repealed, (c) in the definition of “relevant local authority”, paragraph (b) is repealed, (d) the definition of “specified period” is repealed. (3A) In schedule 6 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, paragraph 11(a) (local authority 5 meetings: introductory) is repealed. (4) In section 9(6) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, for “Before” substitute “At the same time as”. (4A) In section 9 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, subsections (7) and (8) are repealed. 10 (5) In schedule 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, in paragraph 1(3) 1 (termination of student residential tenancy by tenant: interpretation), the words “(except in paragraph 3(3))” are repealed. (6) In schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, paragraphs 10 and 11 (freedom of information: modification of Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020) are repealed. 15 (7) The following instruments are revoked— (a) the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/299), and (b) the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/152). 20 (8) The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Suspension: Adults with Incapacity) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/267) are revoked. (9) Regulation 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Early Expiry and Suspension of Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/93) is revoked. 4 Transitional and saving provisions 25 The schedule contains transitional and saving provisions. 5 Power to make provision in connection with expiry (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the expiry under section 2 of any provision of— (a) the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, or 30 (b) the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may— (a) make different provision for different purposes or areas, (b) modify any enactment (including this Act). (3) Regulations under subsection (1)— 35 (a) which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act are subject to the affirmative procedure, (b) otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure. 6 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill 5A Duty to report on effect of Act on social care services (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a report on the effect that the extension and expiry of provisions by this Act is likely to have on social care services. (2) The report must set out in particular whether the Scottish Ministers consider that further 5 measures are required to ensure the early restoration of the availability of social care support packages and respite services to at least the level available prior to 1 March 2020. (3) The report under this section must be laid before the Scottish Parliament no later than one month after the date of Royal Assent. 10 6 Commencement 1 (1) Subsections (1), (2A), (3), (3A), (4A), (5), (8) and (9) of section 3 come into force at the end of 30 September 2021. (2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on the day after Royal Assent. 7 Short title 15 The short title of this Act is the Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021. 7 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Transitional and saving provisions SCHEDULE (introduced by section 4) T RANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS Children 5 1 (1) Despite sections 2(3) and 3(1), section 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and the provisions of that Act referred to in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) continue in effect as described in those sub-paragraphs. (2) In paragraph 2 of schedule 3, sub-paragraphs (1) to (6) continue in effect in relation to a child protection order made before the end of 30 September 2021. 10 (3) Paragraph 3 of schedule 3 continues in effect in relation to a compulsory supervision 1 order if, at the end of 30 September 2021, the order has effect by virtue of section 83(7A) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011. (4) Paragraph 4 of schedule 3 continues in effect in relation to— (a) an interim compulsory supervision order made before the end of 30 September 15 2021 (but not in relation to the extension, or extension and variation, of such an order where the extension, or extension and variation, is made after 30 September 2021), and (b) an interim variation of compulsory supervision order made before the end of 30 September 2021, but 20 where a sheriff specifies a period of days in accordance with section 86(3)(d)(ii), 86(3)(e)(ii) or 140(4)(d)(ii) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and that period expires after 12 November 2021, the period is to be treated as expiring at the end of 12 November 2021. (5) In paragraph 7 of schedule 3, sub-paragraphs (1) to (8) and (11) to (14) continue in 25 effect in relation to the appeal of a decision or determination where the decision or determination in question is made before the end of 30 September 2021. (6) In paragraph 10 of schedule 3, sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) continue in effect in relation to a child where, at the end of 30 September 2021— (a) the child is in a placement with a foster carer where the placement of the child 30 by the local authority has resulted in more than three children (who are not all siblings of each other) being placed with that foster carer at any one time, and (b) the child is not the subject of an emergency or short-term placement with a foster carer as mentioned in regulation 27A(2)(b) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/210). 35 (7) Where by virtue of sub-paragraph (6), sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) of paragraph 10 of schedule 3 continue in effect in relation to a child, regulation 27B(2) to (7) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is to be treated as applying in relation to the child. (8) In that application— 40 (a) the reference in regulation 27B(2) to the date on which A is placed with the foster carer is to be read as a reference to 30 September 2021, and (b) the references in regulation 27B(4) and (5) to A are to be read as references to the child. 8 Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Transitional and saving provisions Freedom of information: Commissioner's ability to take account of impact of coronavirus 2 Despite section 2(5)(a), paragraph 6 of schedule 6 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 continues in effect in relation to a request made under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 before the end of 30 September 2021.
Last updated:
28 April 2025
CabSecNZE_Upcoming secondary legislation that will set Scotlands carbon budgets 24 April 2025
Once this has been received, we will take its contents into account before laying draft regulations in Parliament to set the carbon budgets for each five-year period up to 2045.
Last updated:
14 November 2024
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David McGill Clerk of the Parliament 14 November 2024 Appendix (Note: this Appendix does not form part of the Minutes) Committee Reports The following reports were published on 14 November 2024— Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 7th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report (Scotland) Bill (SP Paper 684) Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 13th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Subordinate Legislation considered by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 7 November 2024 (SP Paper 686) The following report will be published on 15 November 2024— Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 8th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2023-24 (SP Paper 687) Subordinate Legislation Affirmative Instruments The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are subject to the affirmative procedure— Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] laid under section 106(2) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] laid under section 106(2) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Negative Instruments The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are subject to the negative procedure— Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/334) laid under Sections 8, 10 and 106(1) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/338) laid under section 44(3) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 5 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 Laid Only Instruments The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and is not subject to any parliamentary procedure— Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/335 (C. 23)) laid under Sections 112(2), (3) and (4) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Other Documents The following documents were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are not subject to parliamentary procedure— Ending Homelessness Together: Annual report to the Scottish Parliament, November 2024 (SG/2024/288) laid at the request of a member of the Scottish Government and not under any laying...
Last updated:
8 May 2025
SPCB 2025 Paper 22
Under the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020, the Commissioner must consult with the SPCB before laying a Strategic Plan or a revised plan.
Last updated:
16 June 2021
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The timing of the laying of the statement of reasons has changed slightly from laying before the draft of the regulations to laying at the same time.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit, Session 6
The SCPA, while consisting of five MSPs, is not a parliamentary committee but a statutory body established under section 12 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.
The SCPA’s role is to—
examine Audit Scotland’s proposals for the use of resources and expenditure and report on them to 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’s board on such terms and conditions as the SCPA determines.
appoint one of these three members as chair of Audit Scotland’s board.
designate the Accountable Officer for Audit Scotland.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 June 2022
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 28 June 2022
At the same time, is the committee content with the Scottish Government’s explanations provided for breaching the laying requirements in respect of SSI 2022/212 and SSI 2022/213?
Last updated:
26 October 2022
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The Scottish Government has sought to make, lay and bring into force this instrument as soon as possible.
