Scottish Statutory Instruments
Exiting The European Union
Seeds
Made
19th February 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
21st February 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Scottish Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1, paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 and paragraph 21(b) of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 M2, and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Marginal Citations
M11972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of schedule 8 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by section 3(3) and Part 1 of the schedule of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. The powers in section 2(2) are exercised in relation to Part 2 of these Regulations.