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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 ...
The Records of the Scottish Parliament, The complete acts and proceedings of the Scottish Parliament, General Council and much other parliamentary material from 1235 to 1707. The publication arose from the work of The Scottish Parliament Project; Scottish Parliament records Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, National Archives of Scotland
The Act was introduced by the Labour government in 1998 to give effect to the Scottish devolution referendum in 1997 which showed that Scotland was in favour of both of the set questions, firstly for the creation of a parliament for Scotland and secondly, that this parliament should have tax varying powers. [3] The Act creates the Scottish ...
The election of a Labour government in the 1997 general election was followed by the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997, which legislated for the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum, a referendum on establishing a devolved Scottish Parliament. 74.3% of voters agreed with the establishment of the Parliament and 63.5% agreed it should have ...
Where pre-devolution legislation of the UK Parliament provided that certain functions could be performed by UK Government ministers, these functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers if they were within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government's main areas for responsibility in the country include ...
For example, the National Trust for Scotland was created by act of Parliament in 1935, making its constitution part of the law. [10] As a result, amending the Trust's constitution required an act of the Scottish Parliament – the National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Act 2013. [11] Certain private bills are classified as works bills.
These are lists of acts of the Scottish Parliament from its establishment in 1999 to the present. List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999;
Scotland Act 1998. 2012 Act; 2016 Act ... Scottish Parliament elections. 1999; 2003; ... The first Scottish Government was formed between a coalition agreement ...