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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2007 No. 22

ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY

The Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

  Made 24th January 2007 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th January 2007 
  Coming into force 20th February 2007 

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 51(6) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 and come into force on 20th February 2007.

Amendment of the Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
     2. —(1) The Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2002[2] shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In regulation 3(2) for "18", substitute "30".

    (3) In regulation 7(2) for "one half of its membership is present", substitute "7 members are present".


LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
24th January 2007


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 ("the Principal Regulations") which constitute the Ethics Committee referred to in section 51 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.

Article 2 amends the Principal Regulations by increasing the size of the Ethics Committee to a maximum of 30 members. It also amends the quorum arrangements.

Notes:

 [1] 2000 asp 4. See section 87(1) for the definition of "prescribe" and section 86(1) as to the power to make regulations.back

[2] S.S.I. 2002/190.back


ISBN 978 0 11 071529 2


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 1 February 2007

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