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7 March 2023
BB20190402
Supported by: Bill Kidd*, Kenneth Gibson* *S5M-16705 Bill Bowman: V&A Visitor Milestone Reached—That the Parliament congratulates the Dundee V&A on welcoming its 500,000th visitor; understands that this milestone has been achieved six months ahead of time and that, since opening its doors in September 2018, the V&A has attracted a wide variety of visitors with 26%, or 130,000, from overseas; recognises that Dundee is the "City of Discovery", boasting two world-class universities, and that the V&A is expected to rival some of the UK’s top 40 most-visited places, and looks forward to seeing continued confidence in Dundee and interest in the national and international profile of the city, as well as increasing Scotland’s attractiveness to tourists looking for world-class cultural experiences.
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5 October 2022
SPBill18AS062022
(c) any of the following Grounds in schedule 5 of the 1988 Act— (i) Ground 1A (intent to live in house to alleviate financial hardship), 35 (ii) Ground 2 (house to be sold by lender), (iii) Ground 8A (substantial rent arrears), (iv) Ground 15 (conviction for certain offences, acting in an anti-social manner or pursuing a course of anti-social conduct), or 26 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 2—Protection from eviction (d) any of the following Cases in, or paragraphs of, schedule 2 of the 1984 Act— (i) Case 1A (substantial rent arrears), (ii) Case 2 (nuisance, annoyance or conviction for using or allowing dwelling-house to be used for immoral or illegal purposes), 5 (iii) Case 8A (intent to live in house to alleviate financial hardship), (iv) paragraph (c)(vi) in Case 11 (owner-occupier’s house to be sold by lender), (v...
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3 October 2022
SPBill18S062022
.”, (g) after subsection (6) there were inserted— “(7) This section is subject to sections 24E to 24G (applications to rent officer and 30 First-tier Tribunal for uplift). (8) This section and sections 24A to 24K apply in relation to a short assured tenancy as they apply in relation to an assured tenancy (and references in these sections to an assured tenancy are to be read as including references to a short assured tenancy). 35 (9) In this Part— “First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, “relevant rent officer”, in relation to a house let under an assured tenancy or a short assured tenancy, means a rent officer (within the meaning of section 43 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984) for the area in which the 40 house is situated.”. (5) The 1988 Act has effect as if after section 24 there were inserted— 16 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap “24A Consideration of notice to increase rent by rent officer (1) Where a rent officer receives a referral under section 24(3)(a), the rent officer is to decide whether the new rent specified in the notice under section 24(1) (“the proposed new rent”) would be an increase to the rent under the assured 5 tenancy of more than the permitted rate. (2) If the rent officer decides under subsection (1) that the proposed new rent would be an increase to the rent under the assured tenancy of no more than the permitted rate, the rent officer must make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the proposed new rent. 10 (3) If the rent officer decides under subsection (1) that the proposed new rent 1 would be an increase to the rent under the assured tenancy of more than the permitted rate, the rent officer must make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the rent determined by the rent officer. 15 (4) In determining the rent under subsection (3), the rent officer must determine that the rent is an amount that would be an increase to the existing rent under the assured tenancy of the permitted rate. (5) For the purpose of subsection (2) and (3), the effective date is— (a) where the rent officer makes the order 14 days or more before the 20 original effective date, the original effective date, (b) otherwise, the first payment date falling at least 14 days after the day on which the rent officer makes the order. (6) In subsection (5)— “original effective date” means the date on which the rent would have 25 been increased in accordance with section 24(2) had a referral to the rent officer not been made, and “payment date” means a date on which a rent payment falls to be made in accordance with the terms of the assured tenancy. 24B Right of appeal to First-tier Tribunal against order of rent officer 30 (1) Where a rent officer has made an order under section 24A(2) or (3) in relation to the rent under an assured tenancy, the landlord or the tenant may appeal against the order to the First-tier Tribunal. (2) An order under section 24A(2) or (3) may not be appealed against— (a) more than 14 days after the order is made, 35 (b) where the order is made by virtue of section 24D(2). (3) Making an appeal under subsection (1) renders the order being appealed against of no effect. 24C First-tier Tribunal’s power to set rent subject to permitted rate (1) Where an appeal is made to the First-tier Tribunal under section 24B(1), the 40 First-tier Tribunal must make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the rent determined by the First-tier Tribunal. 17 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap (2) In determining the rent under subsection (1), the First-tier Tribunal must determine that the rent is an amount that would be an increase to the existing rent under the assured tenancy of the permitted rate. (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), the effective date is— 5 (a) where the First-tier Tribunal makes its order on or before the original effective date, the original effective date, (b) otherwise, the first payment date falling on or after the day on which the First-tier Tribunal makes its order. (4) In subsection (3)— 10 “original effective date” means the date on which the rent would have 1 been increased in accordance with section 24(2) had a referral to the rent officer not been made, and “payment date” means a date on which a rent payment falls to be made in accordance with the terms of the assured tenancy. 15 24D Withdrawal of referral or appeal (1) This section applies— (a) where a referral made under section 24(3)(a) is withdrawn by the tenant, or (b) where— 20 (i) an appeal made under section 24B(1) is withdrawn by one party, and (ii) the other party has not made an appeal in respect of the tenancy in question, or any appeal made by the other party has been withdrawn. 25 (2) The order maker must make an order under section 24A(2) or (3) or (as the case may be) 24C(1) stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is— (a) the new rent specified in the notice under section 24(1), or (b) if that amount would be an increase to the rent under the tenancy of 30 more than the permitted rate, the rent determined by the order maker. (3) In determining the rent under subsection (2)(b), the order maker must determine that the rent is an amount that would be an increase to the rent payable under the assured tenancy of the permitted rate. (4) Where the order maker is the First-tier Tribunal, an order may not be made 35 by virtue of subsection (2) until the earlier of— (a) the expiry of the period within which an appeal under section 24B(1) may be made, or (b) the date on which both parties become ineligible to make an appeal (whether by withdrawing an appeal or by waiving the right to appeal). 18 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap 24E Landlord application to rent officer to increase rent above permitted rate (1) A landlord under an assured tenancy may make an application to the relevant rent officer to increase the rent under the tenancy by more than the permitted rate in order to recover up to 50% of the increase in any prescribed property 5 costs that the landlord has incurred during the relevant period. (2) An application under subsection (1) must include— (a) evidence of an increase in any prescribed property costs of the landlord incurred during the relevant period, and (b) a statement of— 10 (i) the rent under the tenancy, and 1 (ii) what the new rent under the tenancy would be if the proposed rent increase took effect (“the proposed rent”). (3) The landlord must give notice in writing to the tenant under an assured tenancy of any application under subsection (1) which must include— 15 (a) a statement of the proposed rent, (b) a statement that the proposed rent would be an increase to the rent under the tenancy of more than the permitted rate, (c) a description of the prescribed property costs of the landlord that have increased during the relevant period prompting the proposed rent, and 20 (d) where an increase mentioned in paragraph (c) includes an increase in the landlord’s service costs, details of the nature of the increase in the service costs and the amount. (4) In this Part, “prescribed property costs”, in relation to a landlord, are— (a) interest payable in respect of a mortgage or standard security relating to 25 the house that is let, (b) a premium payable in respect of insurance (other than building and contents insurance) relating to the house that is let and the offering of the house for let, (c) service charges relating to the house that is let that are paid for by the 30 landlord but the payment of which the tenant is responsible for (in whole or in part) in accordance with the terms of the tenancy. (5) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the list in subsection (4) so as to amend, remove or add to the matters for the time being mentioned in the list. 35 (6) Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to the affirmative procedure. (7) In this Part— “proposed rent” has the meaning given in subsection (2)(b)(ii), “relevant period” means the period of 6 months occurring immediately before the day on which the application is made under subsection (1). 19 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap 24F Rent officer’s power to apply rent increase above permitted rate (1) Where a rent officer receives an application under section 24E(1), the rent officer must decide whether the following conditions are met— (a) the rent officer is satisfied that the landlord’s prescribed property costs 5 that are specified in the application have increased during the relevant period, and (b) the rent officer is satisfied that the amount of the proposed increase to the rent under the assured tenancy represents no more than 50% of the increase in the landlord’s prescribed property costs incurred during the 10 relevant period as specified in the application. 1 (2) If both conditions mentioned in subsection (1) are met, the rent officer must make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the lower of— (a) the proposed rent, or 15 (b) the existing rent under the tenancy as increased by 3%. (3) If either or both of the conditions mentioned in subsection (1) is or are not met, the rent officer may make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the rent determined by the rent officer. (4) In determining the rent under subsection (3), the rent officer— 20 (a) may not determine that the rent under the assured tenancy from the effective date is an amount that would be an increase to the existing rent under the tenancy of more than an amount representing 50% of the increase in the landlord’s prescribed property costs incurred during the relevant period as specified in the application under section 24E(1), and 25 (b) in any event, may not determine that the rent under the tenancy from the effective date is more than the existing rent under the tenancy as increased by 3%. (5) For the purpose of subsection (2) or (3), the effective date is— (a) where the rent officer makes the order under either of those subsections 30 14 days or more before the original effective date, the original effective date, (b) otherwise, the first payment date falling at least 14 days after the day on which the rent officer makes the order. (6) A rent officer may, within 14 days of making an order under subsection (2) 35 or (3), re-make the order for the purpose of curing an error in the original order. (7) The effective date of the re-made order is to be specified in accordance with subsection (5) as though it were an order made under subsection (2) or (3). (8) Where an order has been re-made under subsection (6)— 40 (a) the original order is of no effect, (b) references in this Part to an order made under subsection (2) or (3) are to be read as references to the re-made order, 20 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap (c) if the original order has been appealed against under section 24G(1), the appeal is to be regarded as having been made against the re-made order. (9) Subsection (8)(b) does not apply in relation to subsection (6). (10) In this section— 5 “original effective date” is the day after the expiry of the period of three months beginning with the day on which notice is given to the tenant under section 24E(3), “payment date” means a date on which a rent payment falls to be made in accordance with the terms of the assured tenancy. 10 24G Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal 1 (1) Where a rent officer makes an order under section 24F(2) or (3) in relation to the rent under an assured tenancy, the landlord or the tenant may appeal against the order to the First-tier Tribunal. (2) An order under section 24F(2) or (3) may not be appealed against more than 15 14 days after the order is made. (3) Where an appeal is made to the First-tier Tribunal under subsection (1), the First-tier Tribunal may make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the rent determined by the First-tier Tribunal. (4) In determining the rent under subsection (3), the First-tier Tribunal— 20 (a) may not determine that the rent under the assured tenancy from the effective date is an amount that would be an increase to the existing rent under the tenancy of more than an amount representing 50% of the increase in the landlord’s prescribed property costs incurred during the relevant period as specified in the application under section 24E(1), and 25 (b) in any event, may not determine that the rent under the tenancy from the effective date is more than the existing rent under the tenancy as increased by 3%. (5) For the purpose of subsection (3), the effective date is— (a) where the First-tier Tribunal makes its order 14 days or more before the 30 original effective date, the original effective date, (b) otherwise, the first payment date falling at least 14 days after the day on which the First-tier Tribunal makes its order. (6) Making an appeal under subsection (1) renders the order under section 24F(2) or (3) that is being appealed against of no effect. 35 (7) In this section— “original effective date” is the day after the expiry of the period of three months beginning with the day on which notice is given to the tenant under section 24E(3), “payment date” means a date on which a rent payment falls to be made 40 in accordance with the terms of the tenancy. 21 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap 24H Withdrawal or dismissal of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal If an appeal under section 24G(1) is withdrawn or dismissed, subsection (6) of that section ceases to have effect (and the order under section 24F(2) or (3) that was being appealed against is reinstated). 5 24I Finality of First-tier Tribunal’s decision (1) An order under section 24C(1) or 24G(3) may be reviewed in accordance with this section only. (2) Accordingly (and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)), a decision of the First-tier Tribunal to make an order under section 24C(1) or 10 24G(3) may be neither— 1 (a) reviewed under section 43 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, nor (b) appealed against under section 46 of that Act. (3) The First-tier Tribunal may review an order under section 24C(1) or 24G(3)— (a) at its own instance, or 15 (b) at the request of the landlord or the tenant under the assured tenancy to which the order relates. (4) In a review under subsection (3), the First-tier Tribunal may— (a) take no action, or (b) correct a minor error contained in the order. 20 24J Powers to adjust maximum amount of increased costs by which rent may be increased (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations substitute a different percentage for the one for the time being mentioned in each of the following provisions— (a) section 24E(1), 25 (b) section 24F(1)(b), (c) section 24F(4)(a), (d) section 24G(4)(a). (2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations substitute a different percentage (which percentage must be no lower than the permitted rate) for the one for 30 the time being mentioned in each of the following provisions— (a) section 24F(2)(b), (b) section 24F(4)(b), (c) section 24G(4)(b). (3) Regulations under subsection (1) or (2) are subject to the affirmative procedure. 22 Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Rent cap 24K Liability for underpaid rent (1) This section applies where— (a) the rent payable under an assured tenancy has been changed by an order made under any of the following provisions— 5 (i) section 24A(2), (ii) section 24A(3), (iii) section 24C(1), (iv) section 24F(2), (v...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 August 2021
S6W-01988
The dates in brackets are the announcement dates:£1.2 million for Creative / Screen Bursaries (March 20)£17 million to address hardship faced by creative freelancers (August 20, March 21)£12.5 million then £12 million for Performing Arts Events Venues Relief Fund (July 20, June 21)£13.1 million then £13m for Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund (August 20, June 21)£3.5 million Open Fund (August 20)£4.25 million for youth arts, including the Youth Music Initiative (August 20 and subsequent additional funding)£0.5 million Creative Communities (August 20)£6.0 million for the Culture Collective programme (November 20)£6.2 million for Grassroots Music Venues (July and December 20)£5.6 million for independent cinemas (2 rounds) (August 20 and March 21)£0.4m for Museums Urgent Response fund (March 20)£7.1 million for Museums Recovery and Resilience Fund (2 rounds) (July and December 20)£31.5 million for the Events sector (July and December 20)£3.8 million for National Trust for Scotland to protect jobs (August 20)£21.3 million for Historic Environment Scotland (August 20 )£5.9 million to support heritage organisations via committed grants (August 20)£270,000 for the New Lanark Trust (August 20 )£3.1 million for historic environment recovery (September 20) (£2.6m resource, £0.5m capital)£1 million for V...
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10 June 2024
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Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill 27 Schedule—Modifications of the 2009 Act SCHEDULE (introduced by section 21) ODIFICATIONS OF THE 2009 ACT M 1 The 2009 Act is amended as follows. 5 4 Sections 4 to 8 are repealed. 5 In section 9— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) the words “, beginning with the year 2011,” are repealed, (ii) in paragraph (a), after “of”, insert “future emissions reduction targets,”, 10 (iii) in paragraph (a), sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) are repealed, (iv) in paragraph (b), for “annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target” substitute “future emissions reduction targets”, and (v...
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 December 2011
Health and Sport Committee 06 December 2011
The national screening committee has to come to a conclusion as to whether screening for factor V Leiden is cost effective and practical.
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20 April 2021
Annual report operation Lobbying Act 2016
. • There has been an increase in the proportion of nil returns published since last year to 14% of all returns (up from 10%). 14 Information Returns by organisational type The chart below shows the same published Information Returns, split into different types of organisation. 5000 4621 4500 Substantive Returns Nils 4000 3500 3000 2843 2702 2500 2000 1500 1000 813 409 500 340 326 72 42 32 30 23 19 15 5 5 4 0 0 l y p y y y n n i y a n t d d o o h d u a e i i s o o i t o d p r n c i b B a B e i U o v...
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16 November 2020
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25 October 2019
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Whilst many of the characteristics of a pursuer as set out in Wells v Wells remain relevant and central to this issue there is a question mark over the continued applicability of assuming investment in ILGS only. 2 10.
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23 April 2024
SPBill36AS062024
C HAPTER 2 C ARRYING OUT ASSESSMENTS AND WORK 11 Authority for carrying out assessment or work (1) A person carrying out, under an arrangement made under Chapter 1, a single-building 10 assessment, an additional work assessment or work is entitled by this subsection to do 1 anything reasonably required to carry out that assessment or work, including— (a) entering premises (subject to subsections (3) and (4)(a)), (b) taking other persons, and equipment, onto premises, (c) removing things from premises and arranging for their retention until claimed by 15 a person having a right of possession to them, (d) carrying out reasonable tests to determine the properties of any material. (2) Subsection (1) does not, of itself, entitle a person to use force to enter premises (for that a warrant is required under section 12). (3) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to enter Crown premises without the owner’s 20 consent. (4) A person entitled to enter premises by subsection (1)— (a) is entitled by that subsection to do so— (i) only at a reasonable time of day, and (ii) only if the premises’ occupants have been given at least 24 hours’ notice 25 (subject to subsection (5)), (b) if requested to do so when seeking entry to the premises, or while on them, must produce written evidence of the legal basis for the person’s entitlement to enter them, (c) must leave the premises no less effectually secured against unauthorised entry as 30 the person found them. (5) The requirement for notice under subsection (4)(a)(ii) does not apply in an urgent situation. (6) A person’s entitlement to do anything mentioned in this section is subject to any contrary or qualifying provision in a warrant under section 12. 35 (7) Nothing in this section entitles a person to do any thing— (a) in breach of section 3(2), 3A(3) or 6(2), 8 Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Powers to assess and address danger Chapter 2—Carrying out assessments and work (b) without any warrant, permission, consent or other approval (however described) from a public authority that would ordinarily be required in relation to doing the thing. 12 Warrant authorising use of force to effect entry 5 (1) The holder of a judicial office mentioned in subsection (6) may grant a warrant authorising a person entitled to enter premises by section 11(1) to use reasonable force in accordance with the terms of the warrant. (2) An application for a warrant under this section may be made only by the Scottish Ministers. 10 (3) A warrant under this section may be granted only if the judicial office-holder is satisfied, 1 by evidence on oath— (a) that there are reasonable grounds for the person to enter the premises for the purpose of doing something the person is entitled to do by section 11(1), and (b) that— 15 (i) entry to the premises has been refused, (ii) such a refusal is reasonably expected, (iii) the premises are unoccupied, (iv) the premises’ occupier is temporarily absent, (v...
