(1)A Minister of the Crown may make arrangements for any of his specified functions to be exercised on his behalf by the Scottish Ministers; and the Scottish Ministers may make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.
(2)An arrangement under this section does not affect a person’s responsibility for the exercise of his functions.
(3)In this section—
“functions” does not include a function of making, confirming or approving subordinate legislation,
“Minister of the Crown” includes government department,
“specified” means specified in an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under this subsection;
and this section applies to the Lord Advocate as it applies to the Scottish Ministers.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 93 modified (7.4.2005 at 5:45 pm) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), ss. 15(1), 53(1); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 93 in force for certain purposes at 6.5.1999 and at 1.7.1999 for all remaining purposes by S.I. 1998/3178, arts. 2(2), 3