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Last updated: 24 April 2025

Digital Exclusion and Pensioner Poverty Citizens Advice Scotland

Laura lives in a council rented property with a small amount of rent arrears outstanding and is in receipt of Universal Credit. Laura has a Pre-Payment Meter for her energy and can no longer afford broadband for her home so has no digital access.
Last updated: 5 December 2024

Letter to the Convener 18 November 2024

In respect of timeframes to complete training, most pre-registration training is regulated by the professional bodies and delivered by HEIs who already deliver elements of their programmes online.
Last updated: 11 June 2024

Revised Explanatory Notes Prescription Scotland Bill

The situation in which this would apply would generally be where one party has in good faith incurred expenditure in reliance on an assurance by the other that there is a binding contract between them, but the contract does not come into being; in other words, the liability is pre-contractual in nature. Perhaps the most famous example of this concerned the ...
Last updated: 11 June 2024

Explanatory Notes Prescription Scotland Bill

The situation in which this would apply would generally be where one party has in good faith incurred expenditure in reliance on an assurance by the other that there is a binding contract between them, but the contract does not come into being; in other words, the liability is pre-contractual in nature. Perhaps the most famous example of this concerned the ...
Last updated: 10 June 2024

SPBill15AS052018

Licensing of development activities 18 Scottish island marine area licence 25 (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations establish a scheme by virtue of which a person must not, except in accordance with a licence granted by a local authority, carry on a development activity within such part of the Scottish island marine area as is designated in the regulations as a part in which such a licence is required to carry on a development activity (in this Part an “island licensing area”). 30 (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may designate an area as an island licensing area only if— (a) a local authority has applied to the Scottish Ministers for such a designation to be made, and (b) the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the area is adjacent to an inhabited island. 35 (3) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision about (in particular)— (a) the types of development activity covered by, and exempted from, the scheme, (b) the area and boundaries of the Scottish island marine area— (i) which are covered by, or exempted from, the scheme, Islands (Scotland) Bill 9 Part 5—Development in the Scottish island marine area (ii) which are allocated to a particular local authority for the purposes of the scheme, (iii) which are designated as an island licensing area, (c) the procedure to be followed in relation to an application to a local authority for a 5 licence, including about— (i) the steps to be taken before a person may apply for a licence (for example consultation and notification of affected persons), (ii) the issue, renewal, variation, transfer, suspension and revocation of a licence, 10 (iii) an appeal of a decision relating to a licence, (iv) the fees chargeable by a local authority, (v) the holding of an inquiry in connection with the determination of an application, (d) the effect of an application and of a grant of a licence to carry on a development 15 activity on— (i) an application for, or a grant of, a marine licence under Part 4 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, (ii) an application for, or a grant of, consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (consent for construction etc. of generating stations) in 20 relation to the activity or other works to be undertaken in connection with the activity, (e) the enforcement of the regulations, including about the issuing of the following kinds of notice in relation to works not carried out in accordance with a licence— (i) a compliance notice, requiring a person to take such steps as are 25 specified in the notice in relation to such works, (ii) a remediation notice, requiring a person to take such steps as are specified in the notice in relation to such works, or to compensate a local authority or other person for remedial steps taken, or to be taken, in relation to such works (or both), 30 (f) a power to carry out remedial works where a development activity has been carried on otherwise than in accordance with a licence, (g) offences and penalties in relation to a contravention of— (i) a prohibition on a development activity within the Scottish island marine area, 35 (ii) a restriction contained in a licence, (h) exceptions and defences to such offences, (i) the imposition of fixed monetary penalties in relation to a contravention that is criminalised by virtue of paragraph (g) and (h), (j) the publication of information in a public register maintained by a local authority, 40 including about— (i) what information is to be published in the register (and in what manner and form), 10 Islands (Scotland) Bill Part 5—Development in the Scottish island marine area (ii) the circumstances in which information must not be published (for example if its publication would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate commercial interest), 5 (iii) the circumstances in which a local authority must provide copies of entries in the register to members of the public (whether on payment of a fee or otherwise). (4) A fee provided for in regulations under subsection (1) in relation to an application to a local authority for a licence must represent the reasonable costs of an authority in 10 deciding an application. (5) The maximum penalties that may be provided for in regulations under subsection (1) for offences under the regulations are— (a) on summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £50,000 (or both), 15 (b) on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both). (6) Regulations under subsection (1) for the imposition of fixed monetary penalties may make provision similar to that which is enabled by sections 46 and 47 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, but must provide that such penalties— 20 (a) may only be imposed where a local authority is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has committed an offence under the regulations, (b) are to be imposed by notice, and (c) cannot exceed £50,000 in relation to a particular contravention. (7) Before laying a draft of the regulations under subsection (1) before the Scottish 25 Parliament, the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) such persons as they consider represent the interests of island communities, and (b) such persons as they consider likely to be affected by the regulations. 19 Exception from requirement for licence (1) A scheme established under section 18(1) does not apply to a person if— 30 (a) the person is carrying on a development activity in an island licensing area, and (b) any of the conditions in subsection (2) applies. (2) The conditions are— (a) the development activity commenced before the area was designated as an island licensing area, 35 (b) the development activity is in a part of the island licensing area for which a person has a lease, or an agreement to lease, entered into before the area was designated as an island licensing area, (c) the person, before the area was designated as an island licensing area— (i) commenced the pre...
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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The Scottish Government completed a pre-screening report for the Bill. This established that the Bill will have no impact on the environment and consequently that a full Strategic Environmental Assessment did not need to be undertaken.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

Delegated Powers Age of Criminal Responsibility Scotland Bill

It would ensure that referrals to a children’s hearing on the offence ground in relation to pre-12 behaviour cease to be made in advance of the Bill coming into force so that, by the time the age of criminal responsibility is changed, there are no pending sheriff court 17 This document relates to the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) (SP Bill 29) as...
Last updated: 28 February 2024

NHS Forth Valley Written sub to PAC 19 Feb 2024

There are six main areas of work which follow the Urgent and Unscheduled care framework: • Community urgent care • Flow Navigation • Hospital at Home 4 • Front Door • Optimising flow • Whole system working This action plan is aiming to improve our system from pre-hospital to discharge and care in the community.
Last updated: 26 February 2024

Law Society of Scotland

The absence of such an approach has given certainty and continuity to citizens, and allowed the retention of pre-existing laws which have a benefit undiminished by the constitutional change.
Last updated: 24 January 2024

Keeping the Promise Letter from Minister for Children Young People and Keeping the Promise 23 January 2024

It will not seek to replace or duplicate any pre-existing reviews. It will use the evidence from other reviews and data sources to improve shared learning in order to reduce the number of preventable deaths (and harm) of children and young people.

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