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Under agenda item 2, we are considering an instrument that has been laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The committee is considering whether the appropriate scrutiny procedure and the appropriate categorisation have been applied to the following instrument.
Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Freezing Order) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/95)
The instrument relates to orders to preserve evidence. When the United Kingdom was a member of the EU, an EU Council framework decision established the rules under which EU member states would recognise and execute in their territory a freezing order issued by a judicial authority of another member state in the context of criminal proceedings.
The instrument has been laid under the negative procedure and is considered by the Scottish Government to be of low significance.
Is the committee content that the appropriate scrutiny procedure and categorisation have been applied to this instrument?
Members indicated agreement.