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The amendment would not affect any of the bill's charging provisions. Whether and when authorities levy charges would be unaffected—the amendment seeks to prevent the extra costs that might be incurred in providing information in an alternative format or means from being passed on to the disabled applicant.The principles of fairness and equity are at stake....
Making a change for Scottish Parliament elections would mean different maximum penalties depending on when the Scottish Parliament general election is held. The maximum fine that could be levied by the Electoral Commission for a breach of election spending rules would vary depending on the date of the UK Parliamentary general election.
Our view was that these challenges meant there was now “an increased urgency for the Scottish Government to accelerate consideration and implementation of an innovative approach to the funding of the culture sector,” including “progressing additional revenue streams such as the Percentage for the Arts scheme”, for “consideration” to “be given to how the sector could benefit” from a Transient Visitor Levy...
The sub-group reported on 3rd July and made a number of recommendations, with the following being most relevant to younger workers:
Dedicated Developing Young Workforce regional school coordinators providing a long-term link between young people/teachers with local employers
Short placement schemes re-introduced to provide work experience for under 25s who have been out of work for six months
Increased support for schemes that mentor young people
Public buyers should build on the existing practice of considering community benefit requirements in public sector contracts
Expanding the Flexible Workforce Development Fund (beyond just Levy...
That means that a new charge cannot be levied for entry to land. As a consequence of that, where an event is held on land over which access rights may be exercised, there is no means of enforcing a charge for entry to that event.
The circumstances and suppliers required to apply new charges;
The minimum fee to be levied on single-use items;
Net proceeds and how they will be generated and applied;
Details about enforcement including the authorities tasked with overseeing the scheme.iCircular Economy (Scotland) Bill, Section 9.
I would also point out that the same concern could be levied at the current approach. By Bill at least attempts to address this by being in place and flexible over a longer period of time.