Part II The Scottish Administration

Ministers and their staff

I144 The F1Scottish Government.

1

There shall be a F1Scottish Government, whose members shall be—

a

the First Minister,

b

such Ministers as the First Minister may appoint under section 47, and

c

the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland.

2

The members of the F1Scottish Government are referred to collectively as the Scottish Ministers.

3

A person who holds a Ministerial office may not be appointed a member of the F1Scottish Government ; and if a member of the F1Scottish Government is appointed to a Ministerial office he shall cease to hold office as a member of the F1Scottish Government.

4

In subsection (3), references to a member of the F1Scottish Government include a junior Scottish Minister and “Ministerial office” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.