The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, unless otherwise expressly provided–

“the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;

“the 1946 Act” means the Statutory Instruments Act 1946(1);

“enactment” shall be construed in accordance with section 126(1) of the Act and includes any enactment comprised in this Order;

“Queen’s Printer” means the Queen’s Printer for Scotland;

“relevant Scottish public authority” means a Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions;

“responsible authority”, in relation to a Scottish statutory instrument, means–

(a)

where the instrument is made, confirmed or approved by a member of the Scottish Executive, that member; and

(b)

in any other case, the person or the relevant Scottish public authority who made, confirmed or approved that instrument as mentioned in article 4(1)(b) or (c), except that, where the instrument is an Order in Council or an order made by the Privy Council, the responsible authority means the member of the Scottish Executive responsible for the preparation of the draft of the Order submitted to Her Majesty in Council or, as the case may be, to the Privy Council;

“Scottish statutory instrument” shall be construed in accordance with article 4(2); and

“special parliamentary procedure” means such special procedure as may be provided by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the purposes of section 94(2)(b) of the Act for any provision made for the same purpose in subordinate legislation under section 129(1) of that Act.

(2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, any reference in this Order to a numbered article is to an article bearing that number in this Order and any reference in an article in this Order to a numbered paragraph is to a paragraph bearing that number in that article.

(1)

1946 c. 36.