The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2015

Made: 19th March 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 19th day of March 2015Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

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Citation and commencement

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Modification of Schedule 4 to the Scotland Act 1998

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Modification of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998

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Functions shared by the Scottish Ministers and a Minister of the Crown

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Modification of section 53 of the Representation of the People Act 1983

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General modifications of enactments

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Parliamentary procedure

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Supplementary provision etc.

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Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1998 c. 46.

[^f00002]: Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 have been modified by paragraph 3(2) of schedule 4 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: Section 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 is amended, and section 12A of that Act is inserted, by section 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11). That section was not in force on the date this Order was laid before the Parliaments. Section 113 of and Schedule 7 to the Scotland Act 1998 are amended by section 3 of the Scotland Act 2012. That section was not in force on the date this Order was laid before the Parliaments. Other amendments have been made to sections 12 and 113 of and Schedule 7 to the Scotland Act 1998, but these are not relevant for the purposes of this Order.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2001/497; definition inserted by regulation 3(a) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206).

[^f00005]: 1983 c. 2. Section 53(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 1, and Part 1 of Schedule 7, to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2). Section 53(1)(b) was substituted by paragraph 13(b) of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 53(3) was amended by paragraph 13(b) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

[^f00006]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6). Paragraph 3ZA of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 2(3) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 8C of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.

Editorial notes