Executive Devolution and Advice to The Queen
These notes also describe, under the heading “Executive Devolution”, the provision in the various orders which have been made up to September 2001 under section 63 of the Scotland Act for transferring Ministerial functions which relate to reserved matters to the Scottish Ministers, or for modifying them so that they are exercisable by the Scottish ministers, e.g. after consultation with the Scottish Ministers or with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers These orders are the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750), the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3321), the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1563), the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc) (No.2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3253, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/954).
Where the descriptions of the functions in these entries show an asterisk beside a reference to “the Secretary of State”, the function in question is one which was originally conferred on the Lord Advocate and which was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/678).
In some cases, special arrangements for giving advice to The Queen have been made. Such functions are exercised by the First Minister rather than the Scottish Ministers, and were described in a written answer by the Prime Minister on 30 June 1999 (WA col 215) and an associated paper deposited in the House of Commons Library. Where these functions relate to reserved matters, they are noted in the relevant section.