Parliamentary History
150.The following list sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and hyperlinks to those references. The table also sets out the date on which the Committee Report was published, the reference to that report and a hyperlink to it.
| Pre-legislative scrutiny | |
|---|---|
| Justice 2 Committee | |
| 5th Meeting, 2005 | 22 February 2005, Private Meeting |
| Introduction | 4 March 2005 |
| Bill (as Introduced) | SP Bill 39, Session 2 (2005) |
| Preliminary discussion | |
| (a) Justice 2 Committee | |
| 8th Meeting, 2005 | 15 March 2005, Private Meeting |
| (b) Finance Committee | |
| 9th Meeting, 2005 | 15 March 2005, Private Meeting |
| Stage 1 | |
| (a) Justice 2 Committee | |
| 11th meeting, 2005 | 12 April 2005, Col 1472-1500 |
| 12th meeting, 2005 | 19 April 2005, Col 1508-1545 |
| 14th meeting, 2005 | 3 May 2005, Col 1547-1598 |
| 15th meeting, 2005 | 10 May 2005, Col 1603-1632 |
| 17th meeting, 2005 | 24 May 2005, Private Meeting |
| 18th meeting, 2005 | 31 May 2005, Private Meeting |
| 10th Report, 2005 | SP Paper 372, Stage 1 Report (8 June 2005) |
| (b) Finance Committee | |
| 10th meeting, 2005 | 12 April 2005, Col 2449-2459 |
| 11th meeting, 2005 | 19 April 2005, Private Meeting |
| 12th meeting | 26 April 2005, Private Meeting |
| (c) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 14th meeting, 2005 | 3 May 2005, Col 1005-1011 |
| 15th meeting, 2005 | 10 May 2005, Col 1018 |
| (d) Consideration by the Parliament | |
| 16 June 2005 | 16 June 2005, Col 18003-18044 and 18134-18137 |
| Pre-Stage 2 | |
| Justice 2 Committee | |
| 20th meeting 2005 | 18 September 2005, Col 1653 |
| Stage 2 | |
| Justice 2 Committee | |
| 22nd meeting, 2005 | 20 September 2005, Col 1663-1676 |
| 23rd meeting, 2005 | 27 September 2005, Col 1679-1696 |
| Bill (as amended at Stage 2) | SP Bill 39A, Session 2 (2005) |
| After Stage 2 | |
| (a) Finance Committee | |
| 22nd meeting, 2005 | 25 October 2005, Col 2943-2944 |
| (b) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 28th meeting, 2005 | 25 October 2005, Col 1237-1239 |
| 29th meeting, 2005 | 1 November 2005, Col 1277-1278 |
| 37th Report, 2005 | SP Paper 441, Report on the Bill as amended at Stage 2 (3 November 2005) |
| Stage 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| 3 November, 2005 | 3 November 2005, Col 20360-20404 and 20416-20418 |
| Bill (as Passed) | SP Bill 39B, Session 2 (2005) |
| Royal Assent | 8 December 2005 |
