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Official Report Meeting date: 10 June 2025

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 10 June 2025

Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament under reporting ground (j), which is the failure to comply with the laying requirements? Members indicated agreement.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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Limited (company number SC202659) 25 Social Care and Social Work The member mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Improvement Scotland schedule 11 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (the person appointed to chair Healthcare Improvement Scotland) The member mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(c) of that 30 schedule (the person appointed as convener of the Scottish Social Services Council) Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill 11 Schedule 2—Application of Act to certain public authorities Authority Excluded position A Special Health Board constituted under Councillors appointed under paragraph 2(1)(b) of section 2(1)(b) of the National Health schedule 1 of that Act Service (Scotland) Act 1978 Members appointed only by virtue of being 5 nominated for membership Standards Commission for Scotland VisitScotland Water Industry Commission for Scotland 10 West Highland College UHI (company A director who is also a student of the college number SC153921) SCHEDULE 2 (introduced by section 9) A PPLICATION OF A CT TO CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES 15 Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 1 When the Lord President is making an appointment of a judicial member under paragraph 2(a) of schedule 1 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008, the Lord President must act with a view to achieving the gender representation objective in relation to the judicial members only. 20 2 When the Scottish Ministers are making an appointment of a legal member or a lay...
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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Limited (company number SC202659) Social Care and Social Work The member mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Improvement Scotland schedule 11 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (the person appointed to chair 20 Healthcare Improvement Scotland) The member mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(c) of that schedule (the person appointed as convener of the Scottish Social Services Council) 25 A Special Health Board constituted under Councillors appointed under paragraph 2(1)(b) of section 2(1)(b) of the National Health schedule 1 of that Act Service (Scotland) Act 1978 Standards Commission for Scotland VisitScotland Water Industry Commission for Scotland 30 West Highland College UHI (company A director who is also a student of the college number SC153921) Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill 11 Schedule 2—Application of Act to certain public authorities SCHEDULE 2 (introduced by section 9) A PPLICATION OF A CT TO CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 5 1 When the Lord President is making an appointment of a judicial member under paragraph 2(a) of schedule 1 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008, the Lord President must act with a view to achieving the gender representation objective in relation to the judicial members only. 2 When the Scottish Ministers are making an appointment of a legal member or a lay...
Last updated: 23 October 2023

Monday 23 October 2023 SSI tracker

Monday 23 October 2023 Scottish Statutory Instrument Tracker Report DPLR Lead Committee SSI Number SSI Title Date Procedure Parliamentary Additional Laid Action Information Report First Report 20 Day Committee Report 40 Day Meeting Due Meeting Name Due Recommendation Date Decision Number Date Date Date Date Date Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Scotland) Draft 2023/Draft 23/10 11/11 11/11 31/10 RAI 01/12 01/12 (Amendment) Affirmative Regulations 2023 Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Amendment 2023/288 23/10 Negative 11/11 11/11 31/10 LGHP 01/12 27/11 Regulations 2023 Social Security (Residence and Presence Requirements) (Israel, the West Bank, Withdrawn & re-laid: Draft 2023/Draft the Gaza Strip, East 19/10 11/11 11/11 24/10 Parliament 01/12 01/12 timetable Affirmative Jerusalem, the Golan unchanged Heights and Lebanon) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) Breach of 28 day 2023/287 18/10 Negative 11/11 11/11 EFW 01/12 27/11 (Miscellaneous laying...
Last updated: 10 September 2024

Convener to Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy on Climate Change Bill

The “pre-laying procedure” requires that the Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the proposed regulations, and a statement setting out their reasons for proposing to make those regulations, before laying the draft regulations before the Parliament.
Last updated: 24 November 2022

SI Notification Food and Drink Wine Amendment Regulations 2021

SI NOTIFICATION: SUMMARY Title of Instrument Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Proposed laying date at Westminster 23 November 2021 Date by which Committee has been asked to respond To be confirmed once Defra have advised on the potential for delaying the laying date and the debate.
Official Report Meeting date: 20 November 2018

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 20 November 2018

Does the committee wish to welcome the prompt laying by the Scottish Government of SSI 2018/343, which has been laid in response to our recommendations on SSI 2018/273?
Last updated: 26 June 2024

SPBill31BS062024

Circular economy strategy 5 1 Circular economy strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a circular economy strategy. (2) The circular economy strategy— (a) must set out the Scottish Ministers’ objectives relating to developing a circular economy, 10 (b) must set out the Scottish Ministers’ plans for meeting those objectives (including 1 priorities for action), (c) must set out arrangements for monitoring progress towards meeting the objectives, (d) may set out any other matters relating to developing a circular economy that the Scottish Ministers consider should be included. 15 (3) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the desirability of the economy being one in which— (a) processes for the production and distribution of goods, products and materials are designed so as to reduce their consumption and their whole life-cycle carbon emissions, 20 (b) the delivery of services is designed so as to reduce the consumption and whole life-cycle carbon emissions of goods, products and materials, (c) goods, products and materials are kept in use for as long as possible to reduce their consumption, their whole life-cycle carbon emissions and their impacts on the environment, 25 (d) the maximum value is extracted from goods, products and materials by the persons using them, (e) goods, products and materials are recovered or, where appropriate, regenerated at the end of their useful life, (f) waste is managed in Scotland if it is appropriate to do so, SP Bill 31B Session 6 (2024) 2 Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill (g) due diligence in relation to environmental protection and human rights is exercised in supply chains. (3A) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the following waste hierarchy— 5 (a) waste prevention, (b) preparing for re-use, (c) recycling, (d) other recovery, including energy recovery, (e) disposal. 10 (3B) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to 1 the just transition principles set out in section 35C of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. (3C) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the desirability of encouraging the kinds of behavioural changes, and public education 15 and skills, which would be required to meet the objectives set out in the strategy. (3D) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the circular economy targets imposed by regulations made under section 6. (3E) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the role that re-use, refill and take-back schemes have in contributing to the development 20 of a circular economy. (3F) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the importance of consumer and workplace safety. (3G) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the potential international impacts of their circular economy policies. 25 (3H) In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— (a) encouraging equal opportunities (within the meaning of Section L2 of Part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998), and (b) furthering the reduction of inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage. 30 (4) In considering priorities for action under subsection (2)(b), the Scottish Ministers must have particular regard to sectors and systems most likely to contribute to developing a circular economy, with reference to the following criteria for identifying those sectors and systems— (a) achieving the net-zero emissions target set out in section A1 of the Climate Change 35 (Scotland) Act 2009, (b) reducing the consumption and whole life-cycle carbon emissions of goods, products and materials, (c) maximising the value of the circular economy in Scotland, (d) considering the wider environmental impact of particular sectors and systems. 40 (5) The circular economy strategy must be prepared with a view to achieving consistency, so far as practicable, between the objectives and plans set out in the strategy and— (a) the climate change plan prepared under section 35 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, 3 Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill (b) the environmental policy strategy prepared under section 47 of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, and (c) any other strategy or plan which the Scottish Ministers consider to be relevant. (6) The Scottish Ministers must have regard to the circular economy strategy in making 5 policies (including proposals for legislation). (7) In subsection (6), making policies includes developing, adopting and revising policies. 2 Consultation on strategy In preparing the circular economy strategy, the Scottish Ministers must publish a draft strategy and consult— 10 (za) such persons as they consider may have an interest in the strategy, including public 1 sector, private sector, charitable and international organisations, (a) such other persons as they consider appropriate, and (b) the general public. 3 Publication and laying...
Questions and Answers Date answered: 17 January 2022

S6W-05752

Work on a draft Statement has been undertaken in recent months with officials from each of the administrations collaborating and sharing proposed content to ensure that each fisheries policy authority’s interests and needs have been properly taken account of. Having agreed the content of the Joint Fisheries Statement, under Schedule 1 to the Act (at paragraph 3), each of the fisheries policy authorities is required to lay a consultation draft of the JFS before the appropriate legislature and to specify a period for its scrutiny.
Last updated: 4 June 2024

SPBill49S062024

Advisory Council 10 35 Advisory Council 1 (1) The Chief Inspector must establish and maintain an Advisory Council. (2) In appointing members to it, the Chief Inspector must endeavour to ensure that the Advisory Council (taken as a whole) is representative of the interests of persons likely to be affected by the Chief Inspector’s functions. 15 (3) The function of the Advisory Council is to advise the Chief Inspector in relation to the exercise of the Chief Inspector’s functions (when asked to so by the Chief Inspector or on its own initiative). (4) The Chief Inspector must— (a) have regard to any advice provided by the Advisory Council, and 20 (b) where the Chief Inspector decides not to act in accordance with that advice, provide the Advisory Council with an explanation of— (i) what action (if any) the Chief Inspector has taken, or intends to take, in response, and (ii) the reasons for that response or proposed response. 25 Accountability...

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