10th Report, 2008 (Session 3)

Legislative consent memorandum on the Statute Law Repeals Bill - LCM (S3) 11.1

Remit and membership

Remit:

To consider and report on (a) the administration of criminal and civil justice, community safety, and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (b) the functions of the Lord Advocate, other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland.

Membership:

Bill Aitken (Convener)
Bill Butler (Deputy Convener)
Cathie Craigie
Nigel Don
Paul Martin
Stuart McMillan
Margaret Smith
John Wilson

Committee Clerking Team:

Douglas Wands
Anne Peat
Euan Donald
Christine Lambourne

Legislative consent memorandum on the Statute Law Repeals Bill - LCM (S3) 11.1

The Committee reports to the Parliament as follows—

1. At its meeting on 25 March 2008 the Justice Committee considered a legislative consent memorandum on the Statute Law Repeals Bill (LCM (S3) 11.1).

2. The Bill results from the Statute Law Repeals Report published jointly on 29 January 2008 by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.  This is the second post-devolution report published by the two Commissions. The Seventeenth Report, which contained a number of repeals within the competence of the Scottish Parliament, was implemented in 2004.

3. Although it does not substantively alter the current law of Scotland in relation to devolved matters, the Statute Law (Repeals) Bill does contain provisions which fall within legislative competence and could properly be the subject of legislation in the Scottish Parliament. It is therefore a relevant Bill for the purposes of Standing Orders and an LCM is required.

4. The Committee agreed to note the memorandum.