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Committee reports Date published: 20 February 2024

Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 20 February 2024

It is considered urgent to close this loophole while also maintaining some limited time for XL Bully dog owners to be ready for the new safeguards as well as the need for accountability to Parliament. The date of Friday 23 February 2024 has been chosen to balance these competing needs.

Committee reports Date published: 24 April 2019

Subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 23 April 2019

This does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument which is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument.

Last updated: 14 September 2020

Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum Scottish Biometrics Commissioner

Section 9(2) continues to provide that, when laying draft regulations before the Parliament to bring the code into effect, the Scottish Ministers must also lay a copy of the code before the Parliament.

Last updated: 12 March 2020

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Committee reports Date published: 30 January 2018

Subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 30 January 2018

That ground includes where there has been a failure to lay the instrument in accordance with section 28(2) of ILRA.

Last updated: 7 July 2022

LetterfromMinisterCSfamilylawroundtable29June2022

As indicated above, I hope to be in a position to lay secondary legislation in relation to the register next year.

Official Report Meeting date: 27 October 2021

Education, Children and Young People Committee 27 October 2021

The memorandum of understanding takes account of those particular concerns. I thank the minister for that response.

Last updated: 3 March 2026

SPBill70CS062026

European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [AS APPROVED AT RECONSIDERATION STAGE] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to incorporate in Scots law the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and for connected purposes. 1 The Charter Articles (1) In this Act, “the Charter Articles” means Articles 2 to 11 of the European Charter of 5 Local Self-Government which was opened for signature by the Council of Europe on 15 October 1985. (2) The Charter Articles are set out in the schedule. (2A) For the purposes of this Act, the Charter Articles are to be read subject to any reservations, objections, interpretative declarations, undertakings, notifications or 10 denunciations by the United Kingdom as may be in force from time to time. 1 (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend this Act to reflect amending or additional protocols to the Charter that have been signed by the United Kingdom (whether before or after the coming into force of this section). 2 Duty to act compatibly with the Charter Articles 15 (1) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that any action they take in exercise of a relevant function is compatible with the Charter Articles (but see subsection (2B)). (2) In subsection (1), a “relevant function” means a function that— (a) is within devolved competence (within the meaning of section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998), and 20 (aa) is conferred by— (i) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (ii) a Scottish statutory instrument originally made wholly under a relevant enabling power, (iii) a provision in a Scottish statutory instrument originally made partly under 25 a relevant enabling power, provided that the provision itself was either— (A) originally made under the relevant enabling power, or SP Bill 70C Session 5 (2026) 2 European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (B) inserted into the instrument by an Act of the Scottish Parliament or subordinate legislation made under a relevant enabling power, or (iv) a rule of law not created by an enactment. (2A) In subsection (2), “relevant enabling power” means a power to make subordinate 5 legislation conferred by a provision in an enactment of a kind mentioned in that subsection, unless the provision was inserted by an enactment of a kind that is not mentioned in that subsection. (2B) The Scottish Ministers do not fail to comply with subsection (1) by taking an action in exercise of a relevant function which is incompatible with the Charter Articles if they 10 were required or entitled to take the incompatible action by words that— 1 (a) are not contained in an enactment of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(aa), or (b) are contained in such an enactment having been inserted into it by an enactment of a kind that is not mentioned in subsection (2)(aa). (2C) For the purposes of this section— 15 (a) “function” includes the making of subordinate legislation but does not include the preparation or introduction of, or the exercise of other functions in relation to, a Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (b) a function conferred by words inserted by one enactment into another enactment (“the modified enactment”) is to be regarded as conferred only by the modified 20 enactment, (c) a failure to act (including a failure to make subordinate legislation) is to be treated as the taking of action. 3 Duty to promote local self-government (1) The Scottish Ministers must— 25 (a) keep under consideration whether there are any steps which they could take which would or might safeguard and reinforce local self-government and increase the autonomy of local authorities, and (b) if they consider it appropriate to do so, take any of the steps identified by that consideration. 30 (2) The Scottish Ministers must, in accordance with subsection (3), lay...

Last updated: 30 January 2026