The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999

Numbering and citation

5.—(1) Immediately after the making of any Scottish statutory instrument, the responsible authority shall send it to the Queen’s Printer who shall number it in accordance with the following provisions.

(2) All Scottish statutory instruments shall have the heading “SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS” and shall be–

(a) allocated to the series of the calendar year in which they are made; and

(b) numbered in that series consecutively as nearly as possible in the order in which they are received by the Queen’s Printer,

except that, where any such instrument–

(i) will not take effect unless it is approved by the Scottish Parliament; or

(ii) is subject to special parliamentary procedure, or will become subject thereto in certain events,

the instrument may be allocated and numbered as if it had been made and received on the date on which the responsible authority notifies the Queen’s Printer that the instrument has or will come into force.

(3) Any Scottish statutory instrument may, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, be cited by the letters “S.S.I.” followed by the calendar year in which it was made and its number in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) (for example S.S.I. 1999/1).