Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1999/1096
Year1999
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  • the exercise by a member of the Scottish Executive of a function to make, confirm or approve subordinate legislation conferred by an enactment;the exercise by a relevant Scottish public authority of a function to make, confirm or approve subordinate legislation conferred by an enactment; orthe exercise, within devolved competence, by a person other than a Minister of the Crown, a member of the Scottish Executive or a relevant Scottish public authority of a function to make, confirm or approve subordinate legislation conferred by an enactment,(2) A statutory instrument by which such a function is so exercised and which is not an excepted instrument shall be known as a Scottish statutory instrument.which is made by a Minister of the Crown with the agreement of a member of the Scottish Executive or of a relevant Scottish public authority;which is made jointly by a Minister of the Crown and by a member of the Scottish Executive or by a relevant Scottish public authority; orwhich is an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946to be laid before the Scottish Parliament after being made; orto be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament,(5) Article 14 as it applies to a Scottish statutory instrument shall also apply where any enactment provides, or has the effect of providing, that any other instrument or document is to be laid before the Scottish Parliament.(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) Immediately after the making of any Scottish statutory instrument, the responsible authority shall send it to the Queen’s Printer who shall number it in accordance with the following provisions.allocated to the series of the calendar year in which they are made; andnumbered in that series consecutively as nearly as possible in the order in which they are received by the Queen’s Printer,except that, where any such instrument–will not take effect unless it is approved by the Scottish Parliament; oris subject to special parliamentary procedure, or will become subject thereto in certain events,(3) Any Scottish statutory instrument may, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, be cited by the letters “S.S.I.” followed by the calendar year in which it was made and its number in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) (for example S.S.I. 1999/1) .(1) The responsible authority shall, on sending a Scottish statutory instrument to the Queen’s Printer, certify it as local or general according to its subject matter and, unless the Presiding Officer otherwise directs, the instrument shall be classified accordingly.(2) Unless there are special reasons to the contrary in any particular case, a Scottish statutory instrument which is in the nature of a local and personal or private Act shall be classified as local, and a Scottish statutory instrument which is in the nature of a public general Act shall be classified as general.(1) Subject to paragraph (2) , as soon as possible after the Queen’s Printer has allocated and numbered any Scottish statutory instrument in accordance with article 5(2) , copies of it shall be printed and sold by, or under the authority of, the Queen’s Printer.the Presiding Officer otherwise directs in any particular case; orthe responsible authority requests the Queen’s Printer, when sending her the instrument, to comply with those requirements.

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