[F1166A Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament.U.K.
(1)Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Scottish Parliament belongs to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
(2)Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Parliament for introduction—
(a)until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
(b)if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further parliamentary proceedings may be taken in respect of it.
(3)References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165) include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to other Parliamentary copyright.
(4)No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Parliament.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 166A inserted (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125(1), Sch. 8 para. 25(6); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3