Version Superseded: 11/05/2014
Point in time view as at 28/11/2004. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 13 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Nothing in this Act shall—
(a)prevent Her Majesty from authenticating—
(i)a document by superscription; or
(ii)a document relating to her private estates situated or arising in Scotland in accordance with section 6 of the M1Crown Private Estates Act 1862;
(b)prevent authentication under the M2Writs Act 1672 of a document passing the seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in place of the Great Seal of Scotland formerly in use; or
(c)prevent any document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above authenticated as aforesaid from being recorded in the Register of Sasines or registered for execution or preservation in the Books of Council and Session or in sheriff court books.
(2)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Subject to subsections (1) and (2) above, this Act binds the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1 S. 13(2) repealed (28.11.2004) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9) , ss. 122(1) , 128(2) , 129(2) , Sch. 15 (with ss. 119 , 121 ); S.S.I. 2003/456 , art. 2
Marginal Citations
M1 1862 c. 37 .
M2 1672 c. 16 .
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