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Last updated:
21 November 2022
MinisterSSLGLetter on the Scottish Child Payment Ancillary Provision Regulations 20228 November 2022
The Scottish Government accepts that it would be usual to withdraw draft affirmative instruments and re-lay them when issues are identified after laying.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2025
Subordinate legislation considered by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 22 January 2025
Officials also stated that new methodology is intended to take account of the reduction in size of salmon and other changes.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2024
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 20 February 2024
It is considered urgent to close this loophole while also maintaining some limited time for XL Bully dog owners to be ready for the new safeguards as well as the need for accountability to Parliament. The date of Friday 23 February 2024 has been chosen to balance these competing needs.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 April 2019
Subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 23 April 2019
This does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument which is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 October 2021
Fisheries governance after Brexit - d. Landing obligation
Under the Retained EU law version of the relevant rules, Scottish Ministers may make regulations laying down a specific discard plan explaining how these exceptions will operate for a particular fishery.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2020
Subordinate Legislation
Article 3 provides that that company will be exempt from the auditing of company accounts requirements of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006.
Committees
Date published:
21 August 2018
PE1517 - Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices - Expert clinician evidence - Dr Wael Agur
He also expressed concerns about how and what evidence was taken account of within the independent review.
Last updated:
31 July 2019
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill as introduced
Accountability 18 Strategic plans (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each 4 year period— 35 (a) prepare and publish a strategic plan, (b) lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament before the beginning of the 4 year period to which it relates. 8 Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill (2) Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with— (a) the Parliamentary corporation, and (b) such other persons as the Commissioner considers appropriate. 5 (3) A strategic plan is a plan setting out how the Commissioner proposes to perform the Commissioner’s functions during the period covered by the plan and, in particular, setting out— (a) what the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities are for that period, (b) how the Commissioner proposes to achieve them, 10 (c) what the timetable is for doing so, and (d) what the estimated costs are of doing so. (4) The Commissioner may, at any time, review and revise a strategic plan. (5) Where the Commissioner revises a strategic plan— (a) subsections (1) to (4) apply to the revised strategic plan as they apply to the 15 original strategic plan, (b) the reference in subsection (1) to the 4 year period is to be read as a reference to the period to which the revised strategic plan relates. (6) In this section, “4 year period” means— (a) the period of 4 years beginning with 1 April next following the coming into force 20 of this section, and (b) each subsequent period of 4 years. 19 Budgets (1) The Commissioner must, before the start of each financial year— (a) prepare proposals for the Commissioner’s use of resources and expenditure during 25 the year (a “budget”), and (b) by such date as the Parliamentary corporation determines, send the budget to it for approval. (2) The Commissioner may, in the course of a financial year, prepare a revised budget for the remainder of the year and send it to the Parliamentary corporation for approval. 30 (3) In preparing a budget or revised budget, the Commissioner must ensure that the Commissioner’s resources will be used economically, efficiently and effectively. (4) A budget or revised budget must contain a statement confirming that the Commissioner has complied with the duty under subsection (3). 20 Accountable officer 35 (1) The Parliamentary corporation must designate the Commissioner or a member of the Commissioner’s staff as the accountable officer for the purposes of this section. (2) The functions of the accountable officer are— (a) signing the accounts of the expenditure and receipts of the Commissioner, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill 9 (b) ensuring the propriety and regularity of the finances of the Commissioner, (c) ensuring that the resources of the Commissioner are used economically, efficiently and effectively, and (d) where the accountable officer is not the Commissioner, the duty set out in subsection (3). 5 (3) The duty referred to in subsection (2)(d) is a duty, where the accountable officer is required to act in a way that the accountable officer considers would be inconsistent with the proper performance of the functions specified in subsections (2)(a) to (c), to— (a) obtain written authority from the Commissioner before taking the action, and 10 (b) send a copy of that authority as soon as possible to the Auditor General for Scotland. (4) The accountable officer is answerable to the Scottish Parliament for the performance of the functions in subsection (2). 21 Accounts and audit 15 (1) The Commissioner must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, (b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts, and (c) send a copy of the statement to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing. (2) The Commissioner must comply with any directions which the Scottish Ministers give 20 the Commissioner in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b). (3) The Commissioner must make the audited statement of accounts available, without charge, for inspection at all reasonable times. 22 Annual report (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each financial year— 25 (a) prepare and publish a report on the Commissioner’s activities during that year, and (b) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament before the expiry of the period of 7 months beginning with the last day of that year. (2) The report must include— 30 (a) a review of issues identified by the Commissioner in the financial year as being relevant to the use of biometric data for criminal justice and police purposes, (b) a review of the Commissioner’s activity in that year, including the steps taken to fulfil each of the Commissioner’s functions, (c) any recommendations by the Commissioner arising out of such activity. 10 Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill Meaning of key terms 23 Meaning of “biometric data” (1) In this Act, “biometric data” means information about an individual’s physical, biological, physiological or behavioural characteristics which is capable of being used, 5 on its own or in combination with other information (whether or not biometric data), to establish the identity of an individual. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “biometric data” may include— (a) physical data comprising or derived from a print or impression of or taken from an individual’s body, 10 (b) a photograph or other recording of an individual’s body, (c) samples of or taken from any part of an individual’s body from which information can be derived, and (d) information derived from such samples. 24 Interpretation 15 except where the context requires otherwise— In this Act, “code of practice” means a code of practice in effect by virtue of section 9(1), “Commissioner” means the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, “Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 June 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 28 June 2023
Our proposals would then allow people in Scotland to hold the future Governments of an independent Scotland to account and ensure that key human rights and equality protections were upheld.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 September 2021
Public Audit Committee 02 September 2021
They do that through a range of measures, most traditionally though their own annual report and accounts, which are subject to auditors independently appointed by me and the Accounts Commission.
