Executive Devolution
The following functions were included in the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750), as amended by S.I. 2000/1563.
The Merchant Shipping (Formal Investigations) Rules 1985 (S.I. 1985/1001), rule 4(1)(1) | The function of the Secretary of State to appoint assessor |
The Merchant Shipping (Section 63 inquiries) Rules 1997 ( S.I. 1997/347), rule 5(1) | The function of the Secretary of State to appoint assessor |
The following functions have been made exercisable by a Minister of the Crown subject to a requirement for agreement of or consultation with the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750).
The Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (c.48), sections 5, 6, 7 and 10(1) and Schedule 3. | Section 5 - The functions of the Secretary of State as licensing authority in relation to deposits of substances or articles in the sea or under the sea bed, the scuttling of vessels, loading with a view to such deposit and towing or propelling with a view to scuttling. Section 6 - The functions of the Secretary of State as licensing authority in relation to incineration of substances or articles at sea or loading for that purpose. Section 7 - The function of the Ministers of making orders to exempt operations from the requirement to be licensed. Section 10(1) - The function of carrying out operations to protect the marine environment. Schedule 3 - The functions of the Secretary of State as licensing authority of dealing with representations concerning the refusal to grant, the variation or revocation of, or the provisions contained in, a licence. |
The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), section 10(2)(f). | The function of the Secretary of State, by regulation, to make provision for and in connection with the registration of a fishing vessel as British ships (section 10(2)(f), provide for regulations to be made with respect to (among other matters) the marking of ships registered or to be registered, including marks for identifying the port to which a fishing vessel is to be treated as belonging). |
The Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland continue to be Commissioners for the Northern Lighthouse Board.
This entry was omitted as from 16 June 2000 by Article 6 of S.I. 2000/1563.