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It might have something to do with ensuring that people do not circumvent regulations after the date by carrying out some kind of transfer that might benefit them.
Mr McLetchie's comments on the recess dates, after the Parliamentary Bureau had reached a consensus on the matter, were not lost on me either, but there we have it.
Do we know whether that amendment will delete the second date and leave the law as it was? Will the relevant date remain the one in the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, that is, the date of separation or the date of service of the summon...