Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting Minutes
32nd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Meeting opened at: 10:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:01
- Published: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 10:23am
Also Present
Maurice Golden
1 Declaration of interests:
Colin Smyth indicated that he had no relevant interests to declare.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.
3 Instruments subject to negative procedure:
The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—
Fly-tipping (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/335)
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/336)
Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Compliance Notices) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2203/337)
Feed Additives (Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/339)
4 Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill (in private):
The Committee considered a draft report on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft report via correspondence.
5 Quarterly report (in private):
The Committee considered a draft report for the parliamentary quarter from 13 May to 22 September 2023 and agreed to publish the finalised report.