Commercial Payments Bill (UK Parliament legislation) delegated powers exercisable within devolved competence, with reference to LCM-S7-5, LCM S7-5a and LCM S7-5b.

The Committee is content with delegation of the powers in principle and is content that the affirmative procedure will apply.

The Committee draws the following scrutiny implications to the lead committee’s attention:
Only the Secretary of State can exercise the powers within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence.
Regulations will be laid before and scrutinised by the United Kingdom Parliament only.
The Secretary of State must obtain the Scottish Ministers’ consent before making the regulations.
The regulations will fall within the scope of the UKSI Protocol and will be notified to the Scottish Parliament only after becoming law.
The Scottish Government commits, where appropriate, to keep relevant parliamentary committees informed of any significant policy developments as policy proposals are developed.

The Committee draws the following scrutiny implications to the lead committee’s attention:
Only the Secretary of State can exercise these powers within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence.
Regulations will be laid before and scrutinised by the United Kingdom Parliament only.
The Secretary of State must obtain the Scottish Ministers’ consent before making the regulations.
The regulations will fall within the scope of the UKSI Protocol and will be notified to the Scottish Parliament only after becoming law.

The Committee is content with delegation of the powers in principle and be content that the affirmative procedure will apply.

The Committee is content with delegation of the power in principle and with the choice of the affirmative procedure.

The Committee draws the following scrutiny implications to the lead committee’s attention:
Only the Secretary of State can exercise the power within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence.
Regulations will be laid before and scrutinised by the United Kingdom Parliament only.
The Secretary of State must obtain the Scottish Ministers’ consent before making the regulations.
The regulations will fall within the scope of the UKSI Protocol and will be notified to the Scottish Parliament only after becoming law.

The Committee is content with the power in principle and that it is subject to the affirmative procedure.

The Committee draws the following scrutiny implications to the lead committee’s attention:
Only the Secretary of State can exercise the power within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence.
Regulations will be laid before and scrutinised by the United Kingdom Parliament only.
The Secretary of State must obtain the Scottish Ministers’ consent before making the regulations.
The regulations will fall within the scope of the UKSI Protocol and will be notified to the Parliament only after becoming law.

The Committee draws the following scrutiny implications to the lead committee’s attention:
Only the Secretary of State can exercise the powers within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence.
Regulations will be laid before and scrutinised by the United Kingdom Parliament only.
The Secretary of State must obtain the Scottish Ministers’ consent before making the regulations.
The regulations will fall within the scope of the UKSI Protocol and will be notified to the Parliament only after becoming law.

The Committee is content with the amendment to the existing power and that it remains subject to the affirmative procedure.

The Committee is content with the power in principle and is content that it is subject to the affirmative procedure when amending or repealing primary legislation.

The Committee is content with these powers in principle and that they are not subject to parliamentary procedure.

The Committee is content with the powers in principle and content that they are subject to the negative procedure.