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However, amendment 58 is limited to instances in which OSCR may consider action against charity trustees; it does not address the instances in which OSCR may consider action against the employees of charities.
If there is a way of doing that without impinging on the policy considerations, which are the responsibility of other committees, we should do it. I agree with Christine May. It is important to have an up-to-date register.
We should strongly advise her to ask her MSP to liaise with her and the Minister for Justice, because if the minister is simply sent a copy of the report, she may not be clear as to whether action is sought or advice is required.
Due to the lodging of a further amendment by the Executive, that scrutiny will no longer be necessary, although we may want to comment on the amendment in the light of Tommy Sheridan's evidence.
Does anyone want to comment on that? The Executive may well have a rationale for section 56 in its present form, but we should proceed on the basis that such Henry VIII clauses should be avoided unless there is a reasonable justification for them.