The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at the Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which the Committee Reports and other papers relating to the Act were published, and the references to those Reports and other papers.
| Proceedings and Reports | Reference |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| 19 May 2005 | Act as introduced (SP Act 41) |
| Stage 1 | |
| (a) Enterprise & Culture Committee | |
| 14th Meeting, 2005 | 14 June 2005 |
| 17th Meeting, 2005 | 8 September 2005 |
| 18th Meeting, 2005 | 13 September 2005 |
| 19th Meeting, 2005 | 20 September 2005 |
| 20th Meeting, 2005 | 27 September 2005 |
| 22nd Meeting, 2005 | 8 November 2005 |
| 26th Meeting, 2005 | 6 December 2005 |
| 2nd Meeting, 2006 | 24 January 2006 |
| 9th Meeting, 2006 | 28 March 2006 |
| 16th Meeting, 2006 | 6 June 2006 |
| 19th Meeting, 2006 | 5 September 2006 |
| 20th Meeting, 2006 | 12 September 2006 |
| 21st Meeting, 2006 | 19 September 2006 |
| 9th Report 2005 | 29 September 2005 |
| 15th Report 2006 | 21 September 2006 |
| (a) Finance Committee | |
| 18th Meeting, 2005 | 8 September 2005, Col 2747– 2754 & Minutes FI/S2/05/18/M |
| Report | 21 September 2005 |
| (b) Consideration by the Parliament | |
| 6 October 2005 | Cols 19872– 19903 |
| 28 September 2006 | Cols 28060– 28089 |
| Stage 2 | |
| 26th Meeting 2006 (Session 2) | 7 November 2006, Cols 3455–3456 & Minutes EC/S2/06/26/M |
| Stage 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 3 Debate | 29 November 2006, Cols 29767– 29789 |
| Royal Assent | |
| 15 January 2007 | St Andrew’s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 2) |