9.Section 20 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 provides that the Crown will be bound by an Act of the Scottish Parliament or Scottish statutory instrument unless the provision expressly exempts it. This Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else. The Act makes no change to the application to the Crown of the enactments that it amends.
10.The Act’s freestanding text, that is its sections, are interpreted in accordance with the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
11.Text that the Act inserts into other enactments is to be interpreted in accordance with the interpretation legislation that applies to that enactment. Accordingly—
text inserted into 2006 Act must be interpreted in accordance with the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999, and
text inserted into the 2012 Act, or the Conduct Regulations, must be interpreted in accordance with the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
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