Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1707 c. 6 |
| Year | 1707 |
(6 Ann.) C A P. VI. (40) Anno Regni A N N Regin sexto.
An Act for rendring the Union of the two Kingdoms more intire and compleat.
'I. W H E R E A S by her Majesty's great Wisdom and Goodness the Union of the two Kingdomshath been happily effected, and the whole Island is thereby subject to one Sovereignty, and represented by one Parliament:' To the End therefore that the said Union may be rendred more compleat and intire, Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, that from and after the first Day ofMay in the Year of our Lordone thousand seven hundred and eight, the Queen's Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, shall have but one Privy Council in or for the Kingdom ofGreat Britain , to be sworn to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, as Sovereigns of Great Britain ; and such Privy Council shall have the same Powers and Authorities as the Privy Council of England lawfully had, used, and exercised at the Time of the Union, and none other.
II Justices of Peace to be appointed in every Shire and Stewartry of Scotland.
II. And to the End the publick Peace may be in like Manner preserved throughout the whole United Kingdom; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in every Shire and Stewartry within that Part ofGreat Britain called Scotland , and also in such Cities, Boroughs, Liberties, and Precincts within Scotland , as her Majesty, her Heirs or Successors shall think fit, there shall be appointed by her Majesty, her Heirs or Successors, under the Great Seal of Great Britain , a sufficient Numberof good and lawful Men to be Justices of the Peace within their respective Shires, Stewartries, Cities, Boroughs, Liberties, or Precincts; which Persons so appointed, over and above the several Powers and Authorities vested in Justices of the Peace by the Laws ofScotland , shall be further authorized to do, use and exercise over all Persons within their several Bounds, whatever doth appertain to the Office and Trust of a Justice of Peace, by Virtue of the Laws and Acts of Parliament made inEngland before the Union, in Relation to and for the Preservationof the publick Peace. Provided nevertheless, That in the Sessions of the Peace the Methods of Trial and...
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