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(1)Ministers must, as soon as practicable after this Act comes into force, submit copies of the following documents to the Clerk of the Scottish Parliament—
(a)the book of reference,
(b)the Parliamentary plans, and
(c)the Parliamentary sections.
(2)The Clerk must, if satisfied as to the accuracy of the submitted documents, certify them as being true copies of the documents of those names referred to in this Act.
(3)A certified document is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.
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