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THREAD: Bringing the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 into force.
It has been reported that the Act will be brought into force early next year. scottishlegal.com/articles/polic…
It has been reported that the Act will be brought into force early next year. scottishlegal.com/articles/polic…
As we described here, bringing the Act fully into force will need further regulations making in the Scottish Parliament. x.com/mbmpolicy/stat…
The type of regulations needed will fall under Section 17(3)(b) of the Act, meaning they fall under the "negative procedure" for secondary legislation. 
This means they are put on the agenda of the "lead committee" at least 28 days before they come into effect. The committee can simply nod them through with little or no discussion, or decide to recommend a debate in the full parliament. parliament.scot/bills-and-laws…
We assume the lead committee here will be the Criminal Justice Committee. This has 8 members (4 SNP, 2 Labour, 2 Conservative). In the event of a tie in a committee, the Convenor (in this case, an SNP member) has the casting vote. parliament.scot/chamber-and-co…
The necessary secondary legislation does not yet appear to have been made. legislation.gov.uk/primary+second…
It is not listed among the orders and regulations currently before the Scottish parliament: see here. bb.parliament.scot/Content/Report…
The "subordinate legislation" section on the SP site is where any relevant orders will appear. NB: subordinate legislation/secondary legislation/statutory instruments/orders/regulations are all terms used for law made using a simpler process than an Act.
bb.parliament.scot/Legislation
bb.parliament.scot/Legislation
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