 I welcome members to the 31st meeting in 2014 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. I ask members to switch off mobile phones, please. Gender item 1 is instrument subject to affirmative procedure, the marriage between civil partners procedure for change and fees, Scotland regulations 2014 draft. The policy intention is that the regulations 3 to 6 apply where the parties wish to change their civil partnership into a marriage where either the civil partnership was registered in Scotland or it was registered outside the UK under an order in council made under chapter 1 part 5 of the civil partnership act 2004. Parties to the civil partnership elected Scotland as the relevant part of the UK and details of the civil partnership were sent to the register general of birth, death and marriages for Scotland. The meaning of regulation 3, 1 and 3, which refers to qualifying civil partnership, could be clearer in implementing that policy intention. The committee may consider that it is doubtful in the absence of a suitable express definition of qualifying civil partnership in the regulations where the regulations 3 to 6 apply to those civil partnerships which were registered outside the UK. The definition of qualifying civil partnership provided for in section 10 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Scotland Act 2014 under which section these regulations are made is that given by section 5-6 of the Marriage Scotland Act 1977. In terms that definition is limited to a civil partnership which is registered in Scotland. While the committee may accept the Scottish Government's view that the powers in the 2014 act enable regulation 3 to 6 to extend also to those civil partnerships registered outside the UK, it may however consider that the meaning of the provisions could be clearer if qualifying civil partnership was expressly defined in the regulations. Does the committee therefore agree to draw the regulations to the attention of the underreporting ground H, as the meaning of the regulations 3, 1 and 3, could be clearer? No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the marriage, same sex, couples jurisdiction and recognition of judgments Scotland regulations 2014 draft, nor the land registration etc. of Scotland Act 2012, amendment and transitional order 2014 draft, nor on the budget Scotland Act 2014 amendment order 2014 draft, nor on the criminal legal aid fixed payments and assistance by waiver representation Scotland miscellaneous amendments regulations 2014 draft. Is the committee content with these instruments please? Generatum 2, instrument subject to negative procedure. No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the public bodies joint workings local authority officers Scotland regulations 2014 SSI 2014 282, nor on the public bodies joint workings prescribed consultees Scotland regulations 2014 SSI 2014 283, nor on the public bodies joint workings prescribed days Scotland regulations 2014 SSI 2014 284, nor on the marriage and civil partnerships Scotland Act 2014 commencement number 3, saving transitional provision and revocation order 2014 SSI 2014 287. Is the committee content with these various instruments please? Generatum 3, instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure. No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the revenue of Scotland and tax powers act 2014 commencement number 1 order 2014 SSI 2014 278. The committee might note however that the Scottish Government intended within the order to commence paragraph 23 of schedule 2 to the revenue of Scotland and tax powers act 2014. The order commences paragraph 22 of that schedule on 7 November 2014 for the purposes of making conduct rules for the members of the Scottish tax tribunals. The omitted paragraph 23 enables the rules to make different provision for different purposes and provides for the publication of the rules. The Scottish Government has confirmed that paragraph 23 will be commenced by a further order prior to any rules under paragraph 22 being made. Is the committee content with that instrument please? That ends agenda item 3 and I move this meeting into private.