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However, as yet, we have not collected all the councils' responses to COSLA on this bill, for which the cut-off date is 14 January. We hope to collect those views soon and to formulate a full COSLA response.
The certificate is referred to at section 44(3)(b)—sorry, we are getting into detail—which says:"or such shorter period from that date as may be specified".So one can make the period as short as one likes.
That would not necessarily be a bad thing if that is the intention, but it might have repercussions. The Royal Bank of Scotland might suffer the financial disadvantage, rather than the public utility company.
She has tried to pursue the matter, but she does not have bottomless pockets or an elastic bank account, so to pursue it through the legal process has been impossible for her.