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In the Scotland Act 1998, for section 97 (assistance for opposition parties) substitute—
(1)The Parliament may by resolution make provision for payments to be made to registered political parties for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the parties to perform their Parliamentary duties.
(2)A resolution under subsection (1) may—
(a)confer functions on the Parliamentary corporation,
(b)determine, or make provision for determining, the circumstances in which a member of the Parliament and a registered political party are to be regarded for the purposes of the resolution as connected,
(c)make different provision for different purposes.”.
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