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The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2018
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2018 No. 1344
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
Social Security
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2018
Made
12th December 2018
Laid before Parliament
14th December 2018
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
14th December 2018
Coming into force
8th February 2019
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of December 2018
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by section 93(3) of the Scotland Act 1998(1) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2018.
Commencement
2. This Order comes into force immediately after section 27 of the Scotland Act 2016 (welfare foods) comes into force on 8th February 2019.
Specification of functions
3.—(1) The functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under the enactments mentioned in paragraph (2) are specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.
(2) The enactments are–
(a)the Welfare Food Regulations 1996(2),
(b)the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005(3).
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Order paves the way for the Scottish Government and the UK Government to enter into agency arrangements, under which the UK Government can exercise certain welfare foods functions on behalf of the Scottish Government. Any such arrangements would require to be agreed between the UK Government and the Scottish Government.
(1)
1998 c.46; section 93 was amended by the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), section 23(3).
(2)
S.I. 1996/1434, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
(3)
S.I. 2005/3262, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
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