Part II The Scottish Administration
Ministers and their staff
I144 The Scottish Executive.
1
There shall be a Scottish Executive, whose members shall be—
a
the First Minister,
b
such Ministers as the First Minister may appoint under section 47, and
c
the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland.
2
The members of the Scottish Executive are referred to collectively as the Scottish Ministers.
3
A person who holds a Ministerial office may not be appointed a member of the Scottish Executive; and if a member of the Scottish Executive is appointed to a Ministerial office he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Scottish Executive.
4
In subsection (3), references to a member of the Scottish Executive include a junior Scottish Minister and “Ministerial office” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.