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Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011

Parliamentary History

74.The table below sets out, for each stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that stage took place, the reference to the Official report of those proceedings and the dates on which the Committee reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published.

Proceedings and ReportsReferences
Introduction
Bill, as introduced, 7 October 2010Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill as introduced:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/58-CertDeath/b58s3-introd.pdf
SPICe Briefing (SB-10-83), 25 November 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-10/SB10-83.pdf
Stage 1
Health and Sport Committee
34th meeting, 24 November 2010Col 3710
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/hs/or-10/he10-3401.htm
35th meeting, 1 December 2010Col 3744
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/hs/or-10/he10-3501.htm
38th meeting, 15 December 2010Col 3861
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/hs/or-10/he10-3801.htm
1st report, Health and Sport Committee, SP Paper 568Report on Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/hs/reports-11/her11-01-vol1.htm
Subordinate Legislation Committee
32nd meeting, 23 November 2010Col 1190
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/or-10/su10-3201.htm
66th report, Subordinate Legislation CommitteeReport on Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/reports-10/sur10-66.htm
Consideration by Parliament
3 February 2011Official report, Stage 1 debate
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/orsearch/ReportView.aspx?r=6077&mode=html
After Stage 1
Subordinate Legislation Committee
5th meeting, 22 February 2011Col 1312
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/or-11/su11-0501.htm
Stage 2
Health and Sport Committee
4th meeting, 2 March 2011Col 3962
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/hs/or-11/he11-0401.htm
Bill, as amended at Stage 2, 14 December 2010Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/58-CertDeath/b58as3-stage2.pdf
After Stage 2
Subordinate Legislation Committee
8th meeting, 15 March 2011Col 1374
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/or-11/su11-0801.htm
20th report, Subordinate Legislation CommitteeReport on Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/reports-11/sur11-20.htm
Stage 3
Consideration by Parliament
16 March 2011Official Report, Stage 3 debate
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/orsearch/ReportView.aspx?r=6188&mode=html
Bill, as passed, 16 March 2011Certification of Death (Scotland) Bill as passed
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/58-CertDeath/b58bs3-aspassed.pdf
Royal Assent
20 April 2011http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/11/pdfs/asp_20110011_en.pdf

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