Parliamentary History
The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates which the proceedings at that Stage took place, and the references to the Official Report of those proceedings. It also shows the dates on which the Committee reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and the references to those reports and other papers.
| Proceedings and Reports | Reference |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| Bill as introduced - 3 February 2009 | SP Bill 21 2009 |
| SPICe Briefing (SB 09-21) on Bill (as introduced), published 19 March 2009 | SPICe briefing SB09-21 |
| Stage 1 | |
| (a) Lead Committee – Local Government and Communities | |
| Local Government and Communities Committee’s Stage 1 report, published 30 April 2009 | 8th Report 2009, Session 3 |
| (b) Finance Committee | |
| 4th Meeting, 10 February 2009 | Col 981 |
| 7th Meeting, 10 March 2009 | Col 997-1007 |
| Finance Committee’s report on Financial Memorandum, published 25 March 2009 | Report 2009 (Session 3) - Finance Committee |
| (c) Subordinate Legislation | |
| 9th Meeting, 10 March 2009 | Col 517 |
| Subordinate Legislation Committee’s report, published 17 March 2009 | Report 2009 (Session 3), Subordinate Legislation Committee |
| (d) Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate – 14 May 2009 | Col 17439 - 17476 |
| Stage 2 | |
| Stage 2 debate – 3 June 2009 | Col 2051 |
| Bill (no amendments at Stage 2) – 17 December 2008 | SP Bill 21 2009 |
| Stage 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 3 debate – 17 June 2009 | Col 18456 - 18479 |
| Bill as passed – not produced for this Stage as no amendments were lodged. | |
| Royal Assent | |
| 21 July 2009 | Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 asp 10 |
