Scotland Act 1998

101 Interpretation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament etc.U.K.

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(1)This section applies toβ€”

(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 β€œcompetence”—

(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.