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Date answered:
22 November 2023
The Scottish Government expects to lay commencement regulations in early May 2022 that will bring into force the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 this summer.
However, the duty is expressly qualified by subsection (6), which allows Scottish Ministers to lay a statement explaining why such regulations have not been brought forward within the timeframe.
The Committee draws this instrument to the attention of the Parliament under reporting ground (j) for failure to comply with the laying requirements in section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.