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Those who moved to the UK prior to 31 December 2020 (or the date of the UK's departure from the EU in the case of a no deal scenario), but who have not yet lived in the UK for five years, may be eligible for pre-settled status2Home Office. (2019, March 30).
The Scottish Independence Referendum Bill was introduced on 21 March 2013. The Bill set out the date of the referendum; the question; the ballot paper to be used; the conduct of the referendum and the rules on campaigning for the referendum.
Power exercised by: regulations made by statutory instrument
Parliamentary procedure: affirmative
The power to make regulations includes:
power to make different provision for different categories of person to whom they apply, for example to define categories by reference to a person’s date of arrival in the UK, their immigration status or nationality (clau...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Specifically, Part 2 of the instrument amends out of date references in domestic legislation to EU instruments to ensure a functioning statute book in time for exit day.
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Pilot workers must be at least 18 years old on the date of application and be from outside of the European Union
Scheme operators will be licenced by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and will have to ensure farms where labour is placed adhere to relevant legislation, including the National Minimum...
These provisions would likely benefit debtors;
amending the start date of twenty year prescription so that it begins with the ‘act or omission’ rather than at the time of ‘loss or damage’ (section 8).
The Committee explored: the policy behind the change; whether the proposed earlier start date would result in more harsh cases (ie rights being extinguished before any claim had been made), and the language associated with the proposed change, particularly how an ‘omission’ would be identified.