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In response to questions from Members, the Minister advised that the 2018 Act requires the Scottish Government to introduce the measure and that there have been no problems with the process yet. To date, eight applications have been made and six of them have been approved.
The Committee also considered the reasons for the breach of the 28 day rule, which in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer dated 17 July 2020 (see Annex A).
The letter explains that the regulations have taken time to be finalised due to an intensive exercise to determine the impact of Covid-19 on the Scottish Government’s plans for the...
During the evidence session, Members questioned why Section 6 is the only section in the instrument without a given expiry date.
In response, Martin Brown stated that it does not require one as the provisions it relates to are created by the Coronavirus Act 2020iCoronavirus Act 2020 (UK Legislation): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/contents , and...
In order to ensure that this process works in practice, the Bill requires that each heat network has an up-to-date schedule of assets – i.e. the land and buildings and apparatus, plant and equipment etc. which are integral to the operation of the heat network.
Annex B
Letter to the Presiding Officer dated 15 May 2020
Dear Presiding Officer
THE Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) (Coronavirus) Amendment Regulations 2020
The Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) (Coronavirus) Amendment Regulations 2020, SSI 2020/151 was made by the Scottish Ministers under section 51(6) of the Adul...
Previous Finance Circulars set out a deadline for local authorities to agree to the offer and associated terms by a specific date. However, this year's circular is phrased slightly differently, and only asks local authorities to inform COSLA of any "discrepancies or changes required" by 14 February 2020, and does not appear to offer the opportunity for loc...
During its evidence session on 17 December, the Promoter suggested that there are 203 potential beneficiaries of the Widows' Fund and that, at the date of the evidence session, the value of the fund was approximately £11million.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
According to the policy note, the date on which the Framework is published will determine:
whether the Framework or a local development plan will take precedence if there is any incompatibility between them (regulation 2(3)(a)),
the timescale for making an application to the Court of Session to question the validity of the National Planning Framework (regul...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
(Scotland) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) were made by the Scottish Ministers under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 this afternoon, and are being laid before the Scottish Parliament today with a coming into force date of 14 December 2019.
Section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 sets out that a neg...