Commentary on Provisions(1) Mental health moratorium Section 2 – Procedure for first regulations under section 1
8.This section creates a procedure for the first set of regulations which are made under section 1. Before laying draft regulations before the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the proposed draft regulations before the Scottish Parliament for 60 days (disregarding any days for which Parliament is dissolved or is in recess for more than 4 days). The Scottish Ministers are to have regard to any representations made to them about the proposed draft regulations. When laying a draft of the first regulations under section 1, the Scottish Ministers must also lay a statement setting out any representations made on the proposed draft regulations and the changes (if any) made as a result of such representations and their reasons for making them.