Part 1Interpretation
References to legislative provisions
11References to Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
1
Subsection (2) applies where an Act of the Scottish Parliament or a Scottish instrument refers to—
a
an Act of the Parliaments of Scotland passed before or in 1707 (an “old Scots Act”) by year, statute, session or chapter, or
b
a section or other provision or group of provisions of an old Scots Act by number or letter.
2
The reference is to be read as referring—
a
in the case of old Scots Acts included in any revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, to that edition,
b
in the case of old Scots Acts 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 old Scots Acts printed by the Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament, or under the superintendence or authority of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.