Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

48 Parliamentary resolutions

(1) Before making a resolution under this Act, the Parliament must consult the Scottish Ministers.

(2) A power of the Parliament to make such a resolution includes power to make—

(a) different provision for different purposes,

(b) incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(3) Immediately after any such resolution is passed, the Clerk must send a copy of it to the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (“the Queen’s Printer”).

(4) Part 1 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 applies to the resolution as if it were a Scottish instrument.

(5) Section 41(2) to (5) of that Act and the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/195) apply to the resolution—

(a) as if it were a Scottish statutory instrument,

(b) as if the copy of it sent to the Queen’s Printer under subsection (3) were a certified copy received in accordance with section 41(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, and

(c) with the modifications set out in subsections (6) and (7).

(6) References to “responsible authority” are to be read as references to the Clerk.

(7) Regulation 7(2) and (3) of the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 does not apply.