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This decision was taken in response to the Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021 which provides that the Scottish Parliament will not be dissolved until 5 May 2021 to permit the Parliament to meet to legislate for a new polling date if required.
The Bill increases penalties and provides additional powers for the investigation and enforcement of the existing offence of livestock worrying under the 1953 Act. The Bill also brings up to date the definition of livestock in terms of species which are currently farmed in Scotland and renames the offence as that of “attacking or worrying” livestock.
The Committee concluded that it wished to recommend that the one-year provision be removed for all complaints for the following reasons:
This approach would have the advantage of simplicity by applying a uniform approach in relation to historic cases under the Act and avoiding the need for two separate processes being in place; and
There was no evidence to suggest that the removal of this procedural step would result in an increased volume of complaints about historical behaviour as the complaints to date...
Therefore, in order to not overshoot the target, recruitment was slowed down. As a result, the target date for reaching 15,000 individuals tested per fortnight was moved from the beginning of November to the middle of November.
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Date answered:
23 March 2021
These OLR costs incurred to date can be broken down as follows: Arup - £3,333,955 Ernst and Young - £437,243 Bramble Hub - £95,608 MacRoberts - £346,108 S5W-35619
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Date answered:
19 February 2021