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(1)The Scottish Ministers must, before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under section 1 before the Scottish Parliament—
(a)lay a copy of the proposed draft regulations before the Scottish Parliament for a period of 60 days,
(b)have regard to any representations about the proposed draft regulations that are made to them.
(2)When laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under section 1, the Scottish Ministers must also lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement setting out—
(a)details of any representations mentioned in subsection (1)(b),
(b)the changes (if any) they have made to the regulations in response to such representations and their reasons for making them.
(3)In calculating any period of 60 days for the purposes of subsection (1), no account is to be taken of any time during which the Parliament is dissolved or is in recess for more than 4 days.
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