 Fy ystod y sechshol y Siaith Fawr Ddiadwyr, Llyrfaen, Gwasanaeth Cymru. Rwy'n rwyf ar gyfer Creg Hoi ac Paul Swinney. Felly, rwy'n i wneud i mor effaith mor gwrdd Morysg Oldan yn unigol sy'n allan â'r Ysgrifffordd panwyd yn Llyfrgell Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys Gwllys gyda'r ffordd i ddefnyddio'r eu ffawr o ddechrau'r ddechrau'n gweithio'u gwahanol. Mae先ale o'r agenda efallai yn cyd-dreall. Felly mae'n gweithio cwrnwysau y ddau'r cwrnwys. Felly mae'n gweithio'r gweithio'r gwaith y ddau'r cyfnwysau fy modd o'r cymaint o'r ddau. Felly mae'n gweithio'r gweithio. Rwy'n ei chael i'r cymaint. The second item of business is to decide whether to take item 8 in private. Is the committee content to take this item in private? Under agenda item 3, we are considering an instrument laid under the European Union with role act 2018. The committee is considering if the appropriate scrutiny procedure and the appropriate category has been applied to SSI 2021-342, the official controls transitional staging period miscellaneous amendments Scotland number 2 regulations 2021. The instrument has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised by the Scottish Government as of low significance. Is the committee content with the appropriate scrutiny procedure has been applied to this instrument and that the SSI has been categorised properly as of low significance. Moving to agenda item number 4, we are considering instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure. No issues have been raised on SSIs 2021-350 and 357. Do members have any comments on either of these instruments? Okay, thank you. Is the committee content with these instruments? Thank you. In respect of SSI 2021-357, does the committee nevertheless wish to highlight the importance it places on consistency of terminology in secondary legislation, particularly when terms are defined? Thank you. Under agenda item number 5, we are considering instruments subject to the affirmative procedure. No points have been raised on the following draft instruments. The budget Scotland act 2021 amendment regulations 2021. The equality act 2010 specific duties Scotland amendment regulations 2021. The equality act 2010 specification of public authorities Scotland order 2021. The independent reviewer modification of functions Scotland regulations 2021. The evaluation and rating coronavirus Scotland order 2021. Members will note that the budget Scotland act 2021 amendment regulations 2021 were withdrawn and relayed following initial questions from the committee. Do members have any comments on any of these instruments? Thank you very much convener. I would like to make a brief comment on the valuation and rating coronavirus Scotland order 2021. It essentially says that business owners cannot appeal the rateable value of their properties after April 2021 by using coronavirus-related impacts so that they will not be able to use that as an argument for changing the rateable value of their property. As you well know convener, this is not a policy committee. We do not look at these matters, but it seems to me that that is a pretty significant thing and something that we should be at least flagging up to the lead committee because that is quite a serious matter certainly for businesses if they are not able to use coronavirus impacts of which there are very serious impacts on businesses. We all know that. I think that we should certainly be writing to the lead committee just to make them aware and they will scrutinise it anyway, but it is worth our while just to highlight it. I agree that it is the right thing to do is to contact them and write to the lead committee, so I would be happy with that suggestion. Otherwise, it is the committee content with these instruments. Under agenda item number six, we are considering instruments that are subject to the negative procedure. Issues have been raised on two of these instruments. The first is SSI 2021-3D7, the council tax reduction Scotland amendment number four regulations 2021. Members will note that the instrument was laid on Thursday 23 September 2021 and came into force the following day. Section 28-2 of the interpretation and legislative reform Scotland Act 2010 requires that negative instruments are laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days. That is known as the 28-day rule. Does the committee wish to draw this instrument to the attention of the Parliament under reporting ground to Jay as it has been laid less than 28 days before coming into force? However, as the regulations are intended to provide access to the council tax reduction scheme on an emergency basis for those arriving from Afghanistan, the committee is also satisfied with the reasons given for the breach of the 28-day rule. The committee will note that it has previously been a long-standing disagreement with the Scottish Government on whether regulations in respect of the council tax reduction scheme give rise to a devolution issue insofar as they relate to matters that are reserved in section F1, the social security schemes of part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998. The issue is engaged by the instrument SOF insofar as it amends the unconsolidated council tax reduction Scotland regulations 2012 and the council tax reduction estate pension credit Scotland regulations 2012. In 2018, the session 5 committee agreed that, instead of continuing to highlight this disagreement with every new set of council tax reduction regulations, it would instead note its position on both the devolution issue and undertaking consolidation that is stated in its previous reports to the Parliament. The session 5 committee therefore agreed that it did not consider it necessary to repeat that view again. However, it continued to encourage the Scottish Government to undertake a consolidation of the principal regulations within a reasonable timescale in the interests of clarity and accessibility. Does the committee wish to note its predecessor's position on the devolution issue and undertaking consolidation to the extent that it is still outstanding in respect of the pension age regulations and restate that position for this session? Yes. Thank you. An issue has also been raised on SSI 2021 342, the official control's transitional staging period, miscellaneous amendments Scotland number 2, regulations 2021. Again, the instrument breaches the 2018 rule as it was laid on 28 September and came into force on 1 October. In its letter to the Presiding Officer, outlining its reasons for bringing the instrument into force so quickly, the Scottish Government wrote that this was due to a late announcement by the UK Government to revise the timetable for the introduction of all remaining border operation, so operating model checks due to commence on 1 October. Accordingly, the Scottish Government stated that in order to avoid disruption to imports into Scotland, it was not able to comply with the 28-day rule. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament under reporting ground J, as it has been laid less than 28 days before coming into force? Nevertheless, has the committee satisfied with the reasons given for the breach of the 28-day rule? Finally, under this item, no points have been raised on SSIs 2021 330, 348 and 353. Do members have any comments on any of those instruments? The regulation 348 is the traffic regulation that orders miscellaneous amendments. Now, what this does, it deals with something called experimental traffic regulation orders, convener. I was a councillor for 10 years and I have never heard of experimental traffic regulation orders, but I must admit that, when I hear the word experimental and orders together, it does concern me, particularly when councils are involved. It seems to introduce a new way of bringing those in. It is a truncated system. If they are to be made permanent, there is a new system being introduced. As members well know, when you make any changes to roads and you might be bringing in a cycle lane, for example, they can often be controversial and surely deserve the fullest scrutiny. The public should be able to comment within a decent time frame. Once again, this is a policy matter, but something that should certainly be highlighted to the lead committee, they need to take a good look at this and satisfy themselves that it is appropriate. In this case, it is the net zero committee. So, again, another letter from this committee is probably appropriate. Thank you, Mr Simpson. I am content with the suggestion and I think it is certainly a bit of a thing to do to be honest, because you are clearly right to, it is a policy matter. Are members content with that? And is the committee content with these instruments? Thank you. The next question is from the committee and the Scottish Government acknowledged in its response, which can be read and full in paper 3 for this meeting, that this was an oversight. Thanking the committee for bringing this to its attention, the Government said that it would bring forward further regulations to commence section 8. This has now been done by SSI 2021352, which is also being considered today. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground I when the basis that it is drafting appears to be defective? Does the committee also wish to welcome that SSI 2021352 has subsequently been laid to correct this oversight? Also under agenda item, no points have been raised on SSI 2021 345351 and is highlighted just now 352. Is the committee content with these instruments? With that, I will now move the committee into private.