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Introduction
At its meeting on 23 September 2020, the Local Government and Communities Committee considered the following instruments:
The Insolvency Act 1986 (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 [draft]
Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (SSI 220/268)
The Insolvency Act 1986 (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 [draft]
The Insolvency Act 1986 (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 were laid before the Parliament on 2 September 2020 and were referred to the Local Government and Communities Committee for consideration.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2025
It follows that Section 5 of the 2020 Act will need to be repealed, in order to ensure that the current rules can still be updated as necessary after May 2026.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2020
If we have that, we can deliver more.vScottish Parliament, Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee, 12 November 2020, Col.7.
Representatives from primary sector producers also tended to emphasise the need to comply with customs processes and procedures following the end of the transition period.
Previous amendments were made to the Mercury Forms Decision by the Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 regulations”) to enable it to function as retained 1 EU law.
Early access to £11.4 million of Higher Education Discretionary Funds was given to universities in 2020.
£5 million additional discretionary support funding was announced in December 2020.
The Scottish Government responded to the Committee’s report on 24 December 2020. The Committee’s legacy report sets out suggested follow-up actions for its successor committee.
The instrument also makes consequential amendments to the Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020.
Committee Consideration
The instrument was laid before the Parliament on 26 March 2020 and comes into force on 31 March 2020.