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101 Interpretation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament etc.U.K.
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(1)This section applies to—
(a)any provision of an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or of a Bill for such an Act, and
(b)any provision of subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved, or purporting to be made, confirmed or approved, by a member of the Scottish Executive,
which could be read in such a way as to be outside competence.
(2)Such a provision is to be read as narrowly as is required for it to be within competence, if such a reading is possible, and is to have effect accordingly.
(3)In this section “competence”—
(a)in relation to an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or a Bill for such an Act, means the legislative competence of the Parliament, and
(b)in relation to subordinate legislation, means the powers conferred by virtue of this Act.
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