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Remit and membership
Remit:
1. The remit of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee is to consider and report on—
(a) any—
(i) subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament or requiring the consent of the Parliament under section 9 of the Public Bodies Act 2011;
(ii) [deleted]
(iii) pension or grants motion as described in Rule 8.11A.1; and, in particular, to determine whether the attention of the Parliament should be drawn to any of the matters mentioned in Rule 10.3.1;
(b) proposed powers to make subordinate legislation in particular Bills or other proposed legislation;
(c) general questions relating to powers to make subordinate legislation;
(d) whether any proposed delegated powers in particular Bills or other legislation should be expressed as a power to make subordinate legislation;
(e) any failure to lay an instrument in accordance with section 28(2), 30(2) or 31 of the 2010 Act; and
(f) proposed changes to the procedure to which subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament is subject.
(g) any Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in Rule 9.17A.1; and
(h) any draft proposal for a Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in that Rule; and
(i) any Consolidation Bill as defined in Rule 9.18.1 referred to it by the Parliamentary Bureau in accordance with Rule 9.18.3.
Membership:
Nigel Don (Convener)
John Mason (Deputy Convener)
Richard Baker
John Scott
Stewart Stevenson
Subordinate Legislation
Instruments considered by the Committee on 5 January 2016
The Committee reports to the Parliament as follows—
1. At its meeting on 5 January 2016, the Committee considered the following instruments and determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to any of the instruments on any grounds within its remit:
Health and Sport Committee
Food Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/410).
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/420).
Justice Committee
Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/422 (C.55));
Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2015 (SSI 2015/424).
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft].
Welfare Reform Committee
Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/428 (C.26)).
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