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However, given the pressures on the legislative programme, it would be fair to say that it may be some time before we can expect new legislation to replace the Civil Defence Act 1948.
That means that the Parliament has the power to annul the instrument by resolution within 40 days—in this case, by 30 November. Any MSP may lodge a motion to propose to the lead committee that the instrument be annulled.
Section 44(3) makes it clear that the maintenance plan "may" also include various things. If Cathie Craigie's amendment 35 is agreed to, it "may … require owners to establish an owners association", but that will be discretionary.