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The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 1999

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This Order specifies the offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Act”).

This Order specifies the offices of procurator fiscal and procurator fiscal depute to be offices in the Scottish Administration as from the date when section 44(1)(c) of the Act comes into force. The day currently appointed for the coming into force of that section is 20th May 1999 by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3178).

This Order also specifies the offices mentioned in the Schedule to the Order to be offices in the Scottish Administration as from the principal appointed day. That day is currently 1st July 1999 by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998.

The offices specified in this Order are in addition to those specified in section 126(8)(a) of the Act, namely the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland.

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