PART 5Final provisions
48Parliamentary resolutions
1
Before making a resolution under this Act, the Parliament must consult the Scottish Ministers.
2
A power of the Parliament to make such a resolution includes power to make—
a
different provision for different purposes,
b
incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
3
Immediately after any such resolution is passed, the Clerk must send a copy of it to the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (“the Queen’s Printer”).
4
Part 1 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 applies to the resolution as if it were a Scottish instrument.
5
Section 41(2) to (5) of that Act and the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/195) apply to the resolution—
a
as if it were a Scottish statutory instrument,
b
as if the copy of it sent to the Queen’s Printer under subsection (3) were a certified copy received in accordance with section 41(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, and
c
with the modifications set out in subsections (6) and (7).
6
References to “responsible authority” are to be read as references to the Clerk.
7
Regulation 7(2) and (3) of the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 does not apply.