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11 November 2022
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For further information on accessing committee reports, please contact the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for contact details or access general committee webpage) Other Documents The following documents were laid before the Parliament on 5 October 2022 and are not subject to parliamentary procedure— Best Start: Strategic early learning and school age childcare plan for Scotland, 2022-26 (SG/2022/193) laid at the request of a member of the Scottish Government and not under any laying...
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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.
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12 January 2024
Land Reform Bill draft CCP 12 January 2024
Therefore, the legal deadline for laying a draft of our Plan is not until the latter part of 2024.
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19 June 2025
SPBill49AENS062025accessible
This section requires Qualifications Scotland to keep accounts, and to prepare a statement of account for each financial year and send a copy to the Scottish Ministers.
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18 June 2025
SPBill49AENS062025
This section requires Qualifications Scotland to keep accounts, and to prepare a statement of account for each financial year and send a copy to the Scottish Ministers.
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11 August 2025
Cladding Remediation Programme letter from Minister July
Actions detailed in this publication are being prioritised to significantly advance the programme and lay the foundations for a longer-term trajectory toward complete remediation of Scotland’s affected buildings.
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16 June 2025
PE2161_A
Making amendments to the 2002 Act through primary legislation or through the making and laying of any SSI and the consultation requirement comes with cost and resource implications.
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23 June 2021
SPBill03S062021
SP Bill 3 Session 6 (2021) 2 Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill (5) In subsection (3), “health board” means a board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. 2 Further provision about scheme (1) A scheme under section 1 may in particular make provision— 5 (a) requiring an application to be made for a payment under the scheme (a “reimbursement payment”), (b) requiring applications to be made before a date specified in the scheme, (c) about the persons by whom applications may be made, (d) about how applications may be made, 10 (e) about information and evidence to be provided with, or in relation to, applications, 1 (f) about factors that may be taken into account...
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30 June 2025
Letter from NZET Convener to Committee Conveners on Climate Change Plan 26 June 2025
The legislation includes a statutory requirement for the Scottish Government to publish, and lay in Parliament for consideration by committees, a draft Plan on how they intend to meet the targets.
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30 June 2025
NZET Convener to CabSec_climate change plan timing 26 June 2025
The legislation includes a statutory requirement for the Scottish Government to publish, and lay in Parliament for consideration by committees, a draft Plan on how they intend to meet the targets.
