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.