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Certain amendments were on issues not raised during scrutiny of the Bill to date.
Rather than review all amendments in detail, the following sections will focus on the changes made to the Bill at Stage 2, and to some of the other amendments which were lodged but either not moved, or not agreed to.
The Committee determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the delegated powers in the following provisions:
Section 2(3)(f) (inserted section 213(7) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ("2004 Act")) – specification of overseas different sex relationships for the purposes of recognition in Scotland
Section 2(4)(b) (inserted section 215(3B) of the 2004 Act) – recognition of overseas mixed sex relationships: date...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
While there are challenges in including glass in the DRS the Committees' view is that the Scheme should be as comprehensive as possible and retrofitting glass into the scheme at a later date would be challenging. The Committee encourages the Scottish Government to work closely with the glass industry to address the concerns in the development of the Scheme....
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2019
The Committee have had ongoing correspondence with the Scottish Government in relation to these regulations and in 2017 Derek Mackay MSP, then Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, wrote to the Committee setting out fully the Scottish Government's position.Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution dated 18 December 201...
In November 2012, the Scottish Parliament approved the Homelessness (Abolition of Priority Need Test) (Scotland) Order 2012 which was implemented from 31 December 2012. From this date, unintentionally homeless households no longer have to be assessed as priority need to be considered for settled accommodation.
The Referendums (Scotland) Bill provides for Ministers, by regulations (subordinate legislation), to hold a referendum with the date, wording of the question(s), form of ballot paper, and the referendum period to be set out in regulations.
The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016; the European Union Referendum (Date of Referendum) Regulations 2016, and the European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 also formed part of the bespoke package of legislation to govern the referendum.
The EU TSE Regulation has been updated in recent years and several parts of the 2010 Regulations are out of date.
The instrument is made under the negative procedure and comes into force on 23 May 2019.
1.2.4 Advance directives and statements
Patients with capacity can make ‘directives’ to refuse treatment at a later date when they have lost capacity and cannot make decisions.