The National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2013

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 169

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The National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2013

Made

28th May 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

30th May 2013

Coming into force

28th June 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(2) of the National Library of Scotland Act 2012(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2013 and comes into force on 28th June 2013.

The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999

2.  In Part I of Schedule 2 to the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999(2) (modifications of Acts of Parliament), omit paragraph 13.

The Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006

3.  In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006(3) (property of bodies specified for the purposes of section 19(8) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005(4)), for “The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland” substitute “National Library of Scotland”.

The Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011

4.  In the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011(5), in—

(a) regulation 7(1) (printing copies of instruments for the National Library of Scotland), in—

(i) sub-paragraph (a), omit “the authorities controlling”; and

(ii) sub-paragraph (b), for “if the authorities controlling that library have not specified an address” substitute “if no such address has been specified”; and

(b) regulation 11(2)(b) (draft instruments: publishing and printing), in—

(i) paragraph (i), omit “the authorities controlling”; and

(ii) paragraph (ii), for “if the authorities controlling that library have not specified an address” substitute “if no such address has been specified”.

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

5.  In the Schedule to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012(6) (list of public authorities), for the entry “The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland” substitute “National Library of Scotland”.

FIONA HYSLOP

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th May 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends a number of statutory instruments in consequence of the National Library of Scotland Act 2012. Amongst other things, that Act changes the name of the body corporate known as “The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland” to the “National Library of Scotland” (or “Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba”) and repeals the National Library of Scotland Act 1925 (c.73).

Article 2 revokes redundant provisions amending the National Library of Scotland Act 1925 from the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999.

Article 3 updates a reference to “The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland” in the Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006.

Article 4 simplifies references to “the authorities controlling the National Library of Scotland” in the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011.

Article 5 updates a reference to “The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland” in the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.

(1)

2012 asp 3.

(2)

S.I. 1999/1820, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(3)

S.S.I. 2006/220, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

2005 asp 10.

(5)

S.S.I. 2011/195.

(6)

S.S.I. 2012/162, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.