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BUSINESS BULLETIN 114 / 2000

Monday 3 July 2000

Section G - Bills, amendments to Bills and proposals for members’ Bills

 

 

New amendments to Bills lodged on 30 June 2000

National Parks (Scotland) Bill - Stage 3

Section 2

      Ben Wallace

21  In section 2, page 2, line 27, after <authority> insert <and community council>

      Ben Wallace

22  In section 2, page 2, leave out lines 35 and 36 and insert <and community council>

Section 3

      Ben Wallace

23  In section 3, page 3, line 34, after <authority> insert <and community council>

      Ben Wallace

24  In section 3, page 4, leave out lines 3 and 4 and insert <and community council>

Section 6

      Ben Wallace

25  In section 6, page 6, line 6, after <authority> insert <and community council>

After section 33

      Michael Russell

26  After section 33, insert-

<Documents to be in English and Gaelic

Where any-

(a) National Park proposal under section 1(1),

(b) report required under section 2(1),

(c) statement under section 3(1),

(d) National Park Plan under section 10,

(e) directions or guidance issued under section 14,

(f) annual report under section 24(3), or

(g) order under section 32,

is made or published (including in modified or revised form) it shall be made or published (as the case may be) in both English and Gaelic.>

Schedule 1

      Ben Wallace

27  In schedule 1, page 17, line 25, after <members> insert <(which must include at least two representatives of community councils any part of whose area is within the National Park)>

 

 

Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Bill - Stage 3

Section 6

      Mr Jim Wallace

1    In section 6, page 4, line 5, after <sheriff> insert-

<(a)>

      Mr Jim Wallace

2    In section 6, page 4, line 6, leave out <nor more than 100 days> and insert <days; and

(b) does not sit for more than 100 days,>

      Mr Jim Wallace

3    In section 6, page 4, line 21, leave out <shall be entitled to be reappointed unless> and insert <, except in the circumstances set out in subsection (5ZA) below, shall be reappointed.

(5ZA) The circumstances mentioned in subsection (5) above are that-

(aa) the part-time sheriff has declined that reappointment;>

Section 8

      Mr Jim Wallace

4    In section 8, page 6, line 16, leave out <9(7) and 12(2)> and insert <9(4) (as read with (6)) and (7), 12(2) and 15(1)>

Schedule

      Mr Jim Wallace

5    In the schedule, page 11, line 36, at beginning insert-

<( ) In section 27 (completion of proceedings after retirement) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, in subsection (3), after paragraph (f) there is inserted-

"(ff) a part-time sheriff;".>

      Mr Jim Wallace

6    In the schedule, page 11, line 36, leave out <the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993> and insert <that Act>

 

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill - Stage 2

Section 19

      Mr Jim Wallace

74  In substitution for amendment 49-

In section 19, page 15, line 11, leave out <56> and insert <63>

Proposals for Members’ Bills

Names marked with an asterisk (*) are new names of support. Proposals that have attracted 11 supporters have those supporters’ names shown in bold. The member who lodged such a proposal has the right to introduce a Member’s Bill to give effect to that proposal under rule 9.14.

Mr Keith Harding: Proposed Dog Fouling Bill—Proposal for a Bill to amend the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 to extend the offence of dog fouling so it applies to any person in charge of a dog who allows it to deposit excrement in any public place or fails to dispose appropriately of that excrement; and to give power to impose a fixed on-the-spot penalty for such an offence to specified persons such as traffic wardens, as well as police constables, without the requirement for a corroborating witness. (lodged 14 June 2000)

Supported by: Mr Jamie McGrigor, David Mundell, Mr Murray Tosh, David McLetchie, Alex Johnstone, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Mary Scanlon, Phil Gallie, John Scott, Nick Johnston, Alex Fergusson, Bill Aitken, Robert Brown, Mr Brian Monteith, Mr David Davidson

Bill Aitken: Proposed Special Advisers etc. Bill—Proposal for a Bill to limit the number and remit of special advisers appointed by the Scottish Ministers; and to require the Scottish Ministers, when announcing spending plans, to make clear whether provision has already been made for the funds in question to be paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and whether the plans have been announced on a previous occasion. (lodged 28 June 2000)

Supported by: David Mundell*, John Young*, Phil Gallie*, John Scott*, Mr Murray Tosh*, David McLetchie*, Alex Fergusson*

 

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