Appendix A: Consultation form
NTS2 Delivery Plan: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment Consultation
A BRIA helps to assess the likely costs, benefits and risks of any proposed primary or secondary legislation, voluntary regulation, codes of practice, guidance, or policy changes that may have an impact on the public, private or third sector.
A screening of impacts on businesses and regulators has been undertaken and provides a high-level assessment informed by evidence from Transport Scotland and other Scottish Government officers.
The BRIA screening report considers how each strategic policy has potential to impact on the public, private and third sector as well as consumers. The BRIA screening report identifies key potential impacts associated with the 2020-22 Delivery Plan. We are seeking your views on these impacts as well what actions should be included in next year’s Delivery Plan.
More information on the BRIA process can be found in the BRIA toolkit.
B1) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact (positively or negatively) on individual businesses operating in Scotland?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how businesses could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B2) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact on micro and small firms specifically?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B3) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 is likely to change the level of competition for businesses?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B4) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact (positively or negatively) on consumers? We would be looking to capture impacts around, for example, the availability of legal aid or the potential for increased opportunities for third parties to take advantage of vulnerable consumers.
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B5) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact (positively or negatively) on regulators?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B6) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact (positively or negatively) on local authorities?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B7) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact organisations in the third sector?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B8) Do you think that the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-22 will impact any ‘other’ organisations?
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B9) Are there any implications from changing digital technologies and markets that should be taken into account by the NTS2?
Changes to policy, regulation or legislation can often have unintended consequences, should the Scottish Government fail to consider advances in technology and the impact this may have on future delivery. Consideration is needed as to whether any changes being made from the implementation of the strategic policies can still be applied effectively should business or government processes change – such as services moving online. We would like to know your views on the following:
- Does the strategic policy take account of changing digital technologies and markets?
- Will the strategic policy be applicable in a digital/online context?
- Is there a possibility the strategic policy could be circumvented by digital / online transactions?
- Alternatively, will the strategic only be applicable in a digital context and therefore may have an adverse impact on traditional or offline businesses?
- If the strategic policy can be applied in an offline and online environment will this in itself have any adverse impact on incumbent operators?
More information on the BRIA process can be found in the BRIA toolkit
Yes / No / Don’t Know
If ‘Yes’, please explain how this could be (positively or negatively) impacted:
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B10) Would you like to comment on any of the specific policies contained within the NTS2 Delivery Plan 2020-2022?
Please write the reference numbers of each policy to help us identify which one you are referring to.
B11) As part of the full BRIA there is a need to quantify impacts on businesses. Do you have any applicable information or evidence to support the quantification of impacts?
Yes / No
If ‘Yes’, please provide a comment and submit any evidence to nts2impactassessments@aecom.com