C1Part 1Interpretation
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
References to legislative provisions
10References to Acts of Parliament
1
Subsection (2) applies where an Act of the Scottish Parliament or a Scottish instrument refers to—
a
an Act of Parliament by year, statute, session or chapter, or
b
a section or other provision or group of provisions of an Act of Parliament by number or letter.
2
The reference is to be read as referring—
a
in the case of Acts of Parliament included in any revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, to that edition,
b
in the case of Acts of Parliament not so included but included in the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, to that edition,
c
in any other case, to the Acts of Parliament printed by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament, or under the superintendence or authority of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Pt. 1 applied (15.4.2016) by Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 16), ss. 48(4), 52(1)