Part II The Scottish Administration
Property and liabilities
59 Property and liabilities of the Scottish Ministers.
1
Property may be held by the Scottish Ministers by that name.
2
Property acquired by or transferred to the Scottish Ministers shall belong to, and liabilities incurred by the Scottish Ministers shall be liabilities of, the Scottish Ministers for the time being.
3
In relation to property to be acquired by or transferred to, or belonging to, the Scottish Ministers or liabilities incurred by the Scottish Ministers, references to the Scottish Ministers—
a
in any title recorded in the Register of Sasines or registered in the Land Register of Scotland, or
b
in any other document,
shall be read in accordance with subsection (2).
4
A document shall be validly executed by the Scottish Ministers if it is executed by any member of the F1Scottish Government.