Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill - Preliminary Stage Report

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- Introduction
- Parliamentary procedure
  - Role of the Committee at Preliminary Stage
- Background to the Bill
- Contents of the Bill
- Consideration by the Committee
- General Principles of the Bill
  - Part 1 - The Commission
    
    Need for a Commission and Commissioners
    
    Definition of benefited land
    
    Commission powers and decision-making
  - Part 2 - Annual Assessments
    
    Number of heritors
    
    The Commission's budget: recent and future spending
    
    Recent spending
    
    Future spending
    
    Backlog of cleaning and repair
    
    Promotion of the Bill
    
    Beavers
    
    Cap on spending
    
    Calculation and amount of individual assessments
    
    Collection of charges
    
    Debt recovery
    
    Revaluation process and amending land categories
    
    Right of appeal
    
    Land plans
    
    Register of heritors and prospective purchasers
    
    Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011
  - Part 3 - Miscellaneous and General
  - Part 4 - Final Provisions
- Should the Bill proceed as a Private Bill?
  - Conforming with the definition of a Private Bill
  - Form and adequacy of accompanying documents
    
    Form
    
    Adequacy
- Preliminary consideration of objections
  - Objection 1 - Gareth G.J. Bruce
  - Objection 2 - Mr and Mrs Bijum
  - Objection 3 - Tom Davies
  - Objection conclusions
- Concluding recommendations to the Parliament
- Annex A - Minutes and Official Report of Meetings
- Annexe B - Written evidence
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Image: Pow of Inchaffray

Image: Overall land plan of the Pow of Inchaffray

Image: Site visit to the Pow of Inchaffray on 8 September 2017 (L-R Hugh Grierson (Commissioner), Alison Harris MSP (Committee member), Jonathan Guest (Commissioner), Mary Fee MSP (Committee member) and Tom Arthur MSP (Committee Convener)

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Image: Pow of Inchaffray

Image: Overall land plan of the Pow of Inchaffray

Image: Site visit to the Pow of Inchaffray on 8 September 2017 (L-R Hugh Grierson (Commissioner), Alison Harris MSP (Committee member), Jonathan Guest (Commissioner), Mary Fee MSP (Committee member) and Tom Arthur MSP (Committee Convener)

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