(1)It is for the Presiding Officer to submit Bills for Royal Assent.
(2)The Presiding Officer shall not submit a Bill for Royal Assent at any time when—
(a)the Advocate General, the Lord Advocate or the Attorney General is entitled to make a reference in relation to the Bill under section 33,
(b)any such reference has been made but has not been decided or otherwise disposed of by the Judicial Committee, or
(c)an order may be made in relation to the Bill under section 35.
(3)The Presiding Officer shall not submit a Bill in its unamended form for Royal Assent if—
(a)the Judicial Committee have decided that the Bill or any provision of it would not be within the legislative competence of the Parliament, or
(b)a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 33 has been withdrawn following a request for withdrawal of the reference under section 34(2)(b).
(4)In this Act—
“Advocate General” means the Advocate General for Scotland,
“Judicial Committee” means the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.