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.