1999 No. 1319

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities)(Specification) Order 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of May 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 19981, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999.

2

This Order shall come into force on the principal appointed day2.

Specification of bodies etc.2

The bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (and which are constituted by the enactment or, as the case may be, instrument, if any, mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule) are hereby specified for the purposes of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998.

A. K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Column 1

Column 2

Bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders

Enactments and instruments

Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee

Article 3(1) of the Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978 (S.I.1978/1006).

Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances

Article 2 of the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances Order 1991 (S.I.1991/1487).

Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites

Advisory Committee on Pesticides

Article 3 of the Control of Pesticides (Advisory Committee on Pesticides) Order 1985 (S.I.1985/1516).

Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment

Section 124 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Section 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38).

Advisory Group on Hepatitis

Alcohol Education and Research Council

Section 6 of the Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981 (c. 28).

British Library Board

Sections 1(2) and 2 of the British Library Act 1972 (c. 54)3.

British Potato Council

Article 3 of the Potato Industry Development Council Order 1997 (S.I.1997/266).

British Tourist Authority

Section 1 of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 (c. 51)4.

British Waterways Board

Section 1 of the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46).

British Wool Marketing Board

Paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the British Wool Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order 1950 (S.I.1950/1326).

Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges

Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

Section 10 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41).

Chief Commissioner and Commissioners

Section 91 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50).

Clinical Standards Advisory Group

Section 62 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

Committee of Investigation for Great Britain

Section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47).

Community Development Foundation

Declaration of Trust dated 12th December 1967.

Construction Industry Training Board

The Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (S.I.1964/1079).

Consumers' Committee for Great Britain

Section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47).

Controller of Plant Variety Rights

Section 2(1) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66).

Council on Tribunals

Section 1(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53).

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 19965.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 19906.

Design Council

Royal Charter dated 19th May 1976.

Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

Section 125 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67).

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

The Industrial Training (Engineering Board) Order 1964 (S.I.1964/1086).

The Fire Services Examinations Board

Regulation 3 of the Fire Services (Examinations) Regulations 1985 (S.I.1985/1176).

Food from Britain

Section 1 of the Agriculture Marketing Act 1983 (c. 3).

Forestry Commissioners

Section 1 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10).

Government Chemist

Home-Grown Cereals Authority

Section 1 of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (c. 14).

Horticultural Development Council

Article 3 of the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (S.I.1986/1110).

Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council

Section 110 of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73).

Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce

Section 6(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce Order 1972 (S.I.1972/1578).

Joint Committee on General Practitioner Training

Section 6 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49).

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Section 128(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

The licensing authority

Section 1(1) of the Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995 (c. 15).

Meat and Livestock Commission

Section 1 of the Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22).

Meat and Livestock Commission Consumers' Committee

Section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Agriculture Act 1967.

Milk Development Council

Article 3 of the Milk Development Council Order 1995 (S.I.1995/356).

Museums and Galleries Commission

Royal Charter dated 31st December 1986.

National Consumer Council

The National Criminal Intelligence Service

Section 2 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50).

National Radiological Protection Board

Section 1(1) of the Radiological Protection Act 1970 (c. 46).

Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal

Section 42 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66).

Plant Varieties Rights Office

Section 2(1) and 2(2) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66).

Police Information Technology Organisation

Section 109 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50).

Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom

Section 61 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16).

Rail Users' Consultative Committee for Scotland

Section 2 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43).

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

Royal Warrant dated 20th February 1970 (Cmnd 4585).

Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals

Section 2(2) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53).

Scottish Consumer Council

Sea Fish Industry Authority

Section 1 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29).

Sea Fish Licence Tribunal

Section 4AA7 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84).

The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service

Section 1 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50).

The Theatres Trust

Section 1(1) of the Theatres Trust Act 1976 (c. 27).

Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area

Section 4(2) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14).

The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund

Section 1(2) of the National Heritage Act 1980 (c. 17)8.

United Kingdom Sports Council

Royal Charter dated 19th September 1996.

United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority

Article 2 of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1991 (S.I.1991/407).

Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority

Article 2 of the Human Organ Transplants (Unrelated Persons) Regulations 1989 (S.I.1989/2480).

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies certain bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders as cross-border public authorities for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998. The specified bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders are listed in the Schedule to the Order. Sections 88 to 90 of the 1998 Act make special provision for the treatment of cross-border public authorities in consequence of the provisions in that Act which confer powers on the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive.