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Lastly, the order will repeal certain provisions of the Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919 relating to allotments, principally because those provisions are now out of date and are no longer required, as a consequence of the 2015 act.
They were as follows: “As regards the power to add new persons or descriptions of persons in subsection (1), the memorandum explains that it is needed so as to enable ‘the list to be kept up-to-date with the persons that are required to deliver fuel poverty support or to administer, monitor and enforce the scheme’.
There is unprecedented demand—up 50 per cent—on the Scottish welfare fund; demand on food banks is up 81 per cent; and applications for universal credit are rocketing.
The regulations extend the expiry date of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 from 31 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.
As the petitioner has said, if someone is unable to communicate dates, times or an account of what happened to them, their basic human rights are denied, as they really do not have access to justice.
Once we have more detail on the go-live date—it is not entirely within our gift to set that date at this point—we will be able to ramp up our work even further.