Evidential status of lists and annual editions of instruments and entries in them
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10.—(1) In any legal proceedings—
(a)a copy of a Scottish Statutory Instruments Issue List, printed under regulation 12, is to be received in evidence as a true copy; and
(b)an entry in any copy of a Scottish Statutory Instruments Issue List that has been received in evidence as a true copy is to be treated as conclusive evidence of the date on which a copy of the instrument to which the entry refers was first published by the Queen’s Printer.
(2) In paragraph (1) references to a copy of a Scottish Statutory Instruments Issue List includes any copy printed (in whole or in part) in an annual edition.