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Section 21 of the bill says: “The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any provision” for the purpose of “the conduct of recall petition processes”.
The person who holds the proxy also has an important role to play in that. There may well be a role for the committee or for Parliament, if and when the trial period starts, to give members the opportunity to ask questions about that and investigate it so that they both understand the obligation and see an opportunity that may make some situations easier for them to deal with.
For the purposes of the election in May next year, is the Scottish Government content that the interpretation is in the right place to allow support to be offered?
Clearly, however, the bill would create a power that, if Parliament agrees to it, will be on the statute book for decades to come, so, although there may not be a large number of local authorities using it at this point, others may do so in the future.
As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
However, using primary legislation to limit the cases where OSCR may act would lack nuance and flexibility as it would require the drawing of lines which may not be appropriate in a particular given case.