Land Reform (Scotland) Bill -
Progress through Parliament
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Scottish Outdoor Access Code Previous events
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill Is Trespass Illegal in Scotland ?
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Draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - |
This page carries a list of events following the process of the review of Scottish access legislation. Links on this page are mostly to web pages and pdf files on the Scottish Executive and Scottish Parliament websites. Clicking on a link will open a new browser window. Further links will be opened in the same window. Details of Committee meetings, and later, debates in the main chamber, are listed where they relate to the access (part 1) section of the bill. Following links to transcript leads to the full transcript of the meeting as recorded in the parliaments Official Report. It may be necessary to scroll up or down the page a little to find the start of the relevent piece. Agenda and Submissions are generally pdf files, some of which can take some time to download. Many meetings are webcast and can be followed live over the web. Visit www.scottishparliamentlive.com for more details. |
| 22nd Feb 2001 |
Original draft Land Reform consultation launched ministerial announcement |
| 6 Apr 2001 |
Consultation period extended due to foot & mouth outbreak announcement |
| 30th June 2001 |
Consultation period ends. 3500+ responses received. MCofS response |
| 6th November 2001 |
'Access to the Countryside' petition introduced in parliament
report |
| 28th Nov 2001 |
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill published ministerial announcement Justice 2 Committee calls for evidence |
| 21st Dec 2001 |
MCofS submits evidence to Justice 2 Committee read it here |
| 8th Jan 2002 |
Education Culture and Sport Committee take evidence on Access minutes transcript |
| 9th Jan 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee take evidence minutes transcript |
| 14th Jan 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee take evidence at public meeting in Inverness announcement agenda and submissions minutes transcript |
| 21st Jan 2002 |
Rural Development Committee take evidence at public meeting in Gartocharn. announcement agenda and submissions minutes transcript |
| 22nd Jan 2002 |
Local Government Committee takes evidence. minutes transcript |
| 22nd Jan 2002 |
MCofS submits supplementary evidence to Justice 2 Committee read it here |
| 29th Jan 2002 |
Rural Development Committee meet to consider their stage 1 report. minutes |
| 29th Jan 2002 |
Subordinate Legislation Committee take evidence and consider their stage 1 report. minutes transcript |
| 30th Jan 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee meet to discuss evidence already taken, and take evidence from the Minister for Environment and Rural Development agenda and submissions minutes transcript |
| 5th Feb 2002 |
Rural Development Committee agree their stage 1 report to the lead committee. minutes news release the report |
| 6th Feb 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee taking further evidence agenda and submissions minutes transcript |
| 27th Feb 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee discuss their stage 1 report agenda and submissions minutes transcript |
| 6th Mar 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee further discuss their stage 1 report minutes |
| 13th Mar 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee complete deliberations on their stage 1 report agenda and submissions minutes |
| 15th Mar 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee publish their stage 1 report and evidence taken Summary The report The Evidence News release |
| 20th Mar 2002 |
Stage 1 debate in the main chamber of Parliament. |
| 21st June 2002 |
The last day on which amendments may be lodged from the first Marshalled List at Stage 2 |
| 25th June 2002 |
The Justice 2 Committee begin Stage 2 consideration of the Bill. First Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 4th Sept 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. Second Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 11th Sept 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. Third Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 18th Sept 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. Fourth Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 24th Sept 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. fifth Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 25th Sept 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. sixth Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 8th Oct 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee continues consideration of the Bill at Stage 2. seventh Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 9th Oct 2002 |
Justice 2 Committee completes consideration of part 1 (access) of the Bill at Stage 2. eighth Marshalled List of amendments minutes transcript |
| 5th Nov 2002 | Justice 2 Committee completes consideration of the remainder of the Bill at Stage 2. |
| 7th Nov 2002 |
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2) published The amended bill |
| 22/23rd Jan 2003 |
Stage 3 debate in full chamber of Parliament 1st Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 3 minutes transcript (22/1) 2nd Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 3 minutes transcript (23/1) The Bill - as passed |
| 25th Feb 2003 |
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 given Royal Assent The Act as published |
| 26th Mar 2003 |
SNH publish draft Scottish Outdoor Access Code for consultation The consultation documents |
| 30th Jun 2003 |
End of draft Scottish Outdoor Access Code consultation period MCofS response |
| 21st Jan 2004 |
SHN publish new version of Scottish Outdoor Access Code for ministerial consideration |
| 1st Jun 2004 |
Version of Scottish Outdoor Access Code accepted by Executive and laid before Parliament SOAC document |
| 30th Jun 2004 |
Justice 1 Committee debate the Scottish Outdoor Access Code MCofS evidence transcript |
| 1st July 2004 |
Parliament passes the Scottish Outdoor Access Code minute |
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