Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee - Scottish Parliament: 17th November 2015
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 17/11/2015

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. Agenda:

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 10 and 11 in private.

2. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Richard Dennis, Chief Executive Officer and the Accountant in Bankruptcy;
Alex Reid, Head of Policy Development, Accountant in Bankruptcy;
Graham Fisher, Head of Branch 1, Constitutional and Civil Law Division, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.

3. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Scottish Law Commission Recommendations in relation to the consolidation.

4. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider whether the consolidation in Parts 1-4 of the Bill correctly restate the enactments being consolidated, and whether the consolidation is clear, coherent and consistent.

5. Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the delegated powers provisions in the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Simon Cuthbert-Kerr, Burial and Cremation Bill Team Leader, Public Health Division;
Graham McGlashan, Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.

6. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Amendment of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) Order 2016 [draft];
Justice of the Peace Courts (Special Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft].

7. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/376);
Snares (Training) (Scotland) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/377);
Sheriff Appeal Court Fees Order 2015 (SSI 2015/379);
Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/380);
Scottish Tribunals (Eligibility for Appointment) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/381).

8. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/378 (C.47)).

9. Lobbying (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.

10. Remedial Order subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider a draft report on the following Order—
Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial Order 2015 (SSI 2015/330).

11. Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

12. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.


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