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Referendums (Scotland) Bill Groupings of Amendments for Stage 2 This document provides procedural information which will assist in preparing for and following proceedings on the above Bill.
SAVIE has been instrumental in pushing forward the agenda to ensure that assistive technology is available for blind and partially sighted kids across Scotland. Our submission mentions a report called “Eye Right”, which is about getting IT right for blind and partially sighted children across Scotland.
“Maintaining Scotland’s roads: A follow-up report” Agenda item 2 is oral evidence on “Maintaining Scotland’s roads: A follow-up report”, a joint Accounts Commission and Auditor General for Scotland report prepared by Audit Scotland.
Building on the example of the independence referendum, The Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill will extend the right to vote in Scottish Parliament and local government elections to all 16 and 17 year olds.
Section 7 – Statutory Conditions: Entitlement to Fixed Equipment
The statutory conditions governing crofting tenancies are set out in Schedule 2 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993. These conditions set out the tenant crofter's specific obligations to the landlord.
Section 15 - Notice of muirburn activity
As in the Hill Farming Act 1946, the Bill provides that a person who intends to make muirburn must give notice in writing to the landowner of the proposed site (if different from the person making the muirburn) and any occupier of land within 1km of the proposed site.
Recommendation
The Committee accepts that the commencement regulations are subject only to the default laying requirement under section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, which is the normal parliamentary procedure for commencement regulations.