32 Submission of Bills for Royal Assent.U.K.
(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 [F132A or] 33,
(b)any such reference has been made but has not been decided or otherwise disposed of by the [F2Supreme Court], or
(c)an order may be made in relation to the Bill under section 35.
[F3(2A)The Presiding Officer shall not submit a Bill for Royal Assent if the Supreme Court has decided on a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 32A(2)(b) that any provision of the Bill relates to a protected subject-matter, unless since the decision the Bill has been approved in accordance with standing orders made by virtue of section 36(5).]
(3)The Presiding Officer shall not submit a Bill in its unamended form for Royal Assent if—
(a)the [F4Supreme Court has] decided that the Bill or any provision of it would not be within the legislative competence of the Parliament. F5...
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In this Act—
“Advocate General” means the Advocate General for Scotland,
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 32(2)(a) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 11(8), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(i)
F2Words in s. 32(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 95(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
F3S. 32(2A) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 11(9), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(i)
F4Words in s. 32(3)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 95(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
F5S. 32(3)(b) and preceding word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 10 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 11, 22)
F6S. 32(4): definition of "Judicial Committee" repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 146, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 95(c), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2