Adults with Incapacity (Supervision of Welfare Guardians etc by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/123)
Item 2 is consideration of two negative Scottish statutory instruments. The purpose of the instrument on adults with incapacity is to allow more flexibility in the frequency of visits by local authorities to adult and welfare guardians in response to the circumstances of individual adults.
The regulations come into force on 9 June 2014. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 27 May 2014 and agreed to draw them to the Parliament’s attention as the meaning of the text inserted by regulation 5 could be clearer. It is groundhog day: the Scottish Government has undertaken to introduce an amending instrument to correct the error. If members have no comments on the regulations other than, “Here we go again,” are they content to make no recommendation in relation to them?
Members indicated agreement.
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/130)
The purpose of the second instrument is to amend the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004 by adding a body, the Yuill Community Trust CIC, as a prescribed rural housing body. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the amendment order at its meeting on 27 May 2014 and agreed that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to it. It seems to me to be a technical matter. If members have no comments on the amendment order, are they content to make no recommendation on it?
Members indicated agreement.
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