Acts of the Scottish Parliament

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primary legislation source of law in Scotland type of legislation

Acts of the Scottish Parliament are laws passed by Scotland’s devolved legislature, covering areas such as education, health, and justice within Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014	1
Scottish Parliament Acts	1
asp (Act of the Scottish Parliament) numbered series	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	primary legislation ⓘ source of law in Scotland ⓘ type of legislation ⓘ
appliesTo	Scottish public authorities ⓘ individuals in Scotland ⓘ organisations operating in Scotland ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy	Acts of the UK Parliament (within competence) ⓘ later Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
citationFormat	asp followed by year and chapter number ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ Scotland Act 2012 ⓘ Scotland Act 2016 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	legislative process of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
enactedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
firstSession	Scottish Parliament ⓘ surface form: First Scottish Parliament (1999–2003)
interpretedBy	courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Scottish courts
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic (titles may be translated) ⓘ
legalSystem	Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ surface form: Scots law
legislativeBody	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
mustComplyWith	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ devolution settlement under the Scotland Acts ⓘ
precededBy	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to Scotland
publishedIn	Acts of the Scottish Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: asp (Act of the Scottish Parliament) numbered series
recordedBy	His Majesty's Stationery Office ⓘ surface form: Office of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland
relatedTo	Scottish statutory instruments ⓘ
requires	Royal Assent ⓘ passage by the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
startDate	1999 ⓘ
subjectArea	Scottish taxation powers (as devolved) ⓘ agriculture (Scottish competence) ⓘ civil law (devolved aspects) ⓘ criminal law (devolved aspects) ⓘ culture and sport ⓘ education ⓘ environment ⓘ fisheries (Scottish competence) ⓘ health ⓘ housing ⓘ justice ⓘ land use and planning ⓘ local government ⓘ policing (devolved aspects) ⓘ public health ⓘ transport ⓘ
subjectTo	legislative competence limits in the Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ reserved matters remaining with the UK Parliament ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

courts of the United Kingdom → interprets → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Court of the Lord Lyon → legalBasis → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Historic Environment Scotland → legalBasis → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014

Scots civil law → primarySource → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Acts of the Scottish Parliament → publishedIn → Acts of the Scottish Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: asp (Act of the Scottish Parliament) numbered series

Acts of Parliament → relatedConcept → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Acts of Senedd Cymru → relatedTo → Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament Acts