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The Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legislated for the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament with tax varying powers and the Scottish Government (then Scottish Executive).
The Scotland Acts are a set of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom which relate to the creation and devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament. The term Scotland Act may refer to: Scotland Act 1978, part of an initial attempt at a devolved Scotland (repealed 1979) Scotland Act 1998, which formed the devolved Scottish Parliament
Scotland Act 1998. 2012 Act; 2016 Act; Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999; ... from the time of the introduction of devolved government for Scotland in ...
Following the Scotland Act 1998, Donald Dewar became First Minister and led the first Scottish Government since 1707 In 1885, many domestic policy functions relating to Scotland were brought into the responsibility of the Scottish Office , a department of the Government of the United Kingdom which was headed by a Secretary for Scotland, later ...
The Act set out amendments to the Scotland Act 1998 and devolved further powers to Scotland, most notably: [35] The ability to amend sections of the Scotland Act 1998 which relate to the operation of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government within the United Kingdom including control of its electoral system (subject to a two-thirds ...
The Scotland Act 1998 enabled the Scottish Parliament to pass primary legislation on these issues, and to hold the Scottish Government to account. [86] Although the Westminster Parliament retains the authority to legislate on devolved matters, under the Sewell convention it is understood that it will not do so without the consent of the ...
An act of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Achd Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) is primary legislation made by the Scottish Parliament.The power to create acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 28 of the Scotland Act 1998 following the successful 1997 referendum on devolution.
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for protection of the water environment, including provision for implementing European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/60/EC; to amend the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 in relation to the provision of water and sewerage services; and for connected purposes.