Secretary for Scotland Act 1887

1887 CHAPTER 52

An Act to amend the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1885.

[16th September 1887]

WHEREAS by the Secretary for [48 & 49 Vict. c. 61.] Scotland Act, 1885, certain powers and duties vested in and imposed on one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State were, so far as such powers and duties related to Scotland, transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland appointed under the said Act, and it is expedient that, subject to the exceptions herein-after mentioned, the whole other powers and duties of the said Secretary of State, so far as such powers and duties relate to Scotland, should be transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short title and construction of Act.

This Act may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1887 ; and this Act and the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1885, shall be read and construed together, and may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Acts, 1885 and 1887.

2 Transference of powers and duties of Secretary of State, Treasury, and Board of Trade.

(1) From and after the commencement of this Act all powers and duties vested in and imposed on one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State by any Act of Parliament, law, or custom, so far as such powers and duties relate to Scotland, and so far as they have not already been transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland, shall, subject to the exceptions herein-after mentioned, be transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland.

Any report, act, or thing required or authorised by any Act of Parliament, law, or custom to be made or done to or by the said Secretary of State shall, so far as such Act of Parliament, law, or custom applies to Scotland, be made or done to or by the Secretary for Scotland.

(2) All the powers and duties vested in or imposed on the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the [17 & 18 Vict. c. 91.] Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Act, 1854, shall be transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland.

(3) All the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the Board of Trade relating to Provisional Orders dealing with any of the subjects transferred to the Fishery Board, Scotland, by section eleven of the [48 & 49 Vict. c. 70.] Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1885, shall be transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the Secretary for Scotland.

3 Exceptions.

Nothing in this Act shall affect the powers and duties of the said Secretary of State under or in pursuance of the Acts of Parliament herein-after mentioned or any Acts amending the same, viz.:—

(a) The [41 & 42 Vict. c. 16.] Factory and Workshop Act, 1878.

(b) The [35 & 36 Vict. c. 76.] Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872.

(c) The [35 & 36 Vict. c. 77.] Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872.

(d) The [38 & 39 Vict. c. 17.] Explosives Act, 1875.

(e) The [39 & 40 Vict. c. 77.] Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876.

(f) The Reformatory and Industrial Schools Acts, 1866-1879.

4 Commencement of Act.

This Act shall take effect on and after the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.