Scotland Act 2012

1. Introduction

2. Background and Summary

3. Overall Structure of the Act

4. Territorial Extent and Application

5. Commentary on Sections (and Schedules)

   1. Part 1: the Parliament and Its Powers

      1. Section 1: Administration of elections

      2. Section 2: Combination of polls at Scottish Parliamentary and other reserved elections

      3. Section 3: Supplementary and transitional provision about elections

      4. Section 4: Presiding Officer and deputies

      5. Section 5: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

      6. Section 6: Bills: statements as to legislative competence

      7. Section 7: Members’ Interests

      8. Section 8: Constituencies, regions and regional members

      9. Section 9: Continued effect of provisions ceasing to be within legislative competence

      10. Section 10: Air weapons

      11. Section 11: Antarctica

   2. Part 2: Ministers and Their Powers

      1. Section 12: The Scottish Government

      2. Section 13: Exercise of power to make Order disqualifying persons from membership of the Parliament

      3. Section 14: Time limit for human rights actions against Scottish Ministers etc

      4. Section 15: Power to vary retrospective decisions about non-legislative acts

      5. Section 16: BBC Trust member for Scotland

      6. Section 17: Exercise of functions relating to Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig

      7. Section 18: Crown Estate Commissioner with special responsibility for Scotland

      8. Section 19: Misuse of drugs

      9. Section 20: Power to prescribe drink-driving limits

      10. Section 21: Speed limits

      11. Section 22: Speed limits: supplementary

   3. Part 3: Finance

      1. Section 23: Taxation: introductory

      2. Section 24: Amendments relating to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs

      3. Section 25: Scottish rate of income tax

      4. Section 26: Income tax for Scottish taxpayers

      5. Section 27: Definition of Scottish taxpayer for Scottish variable rate

      6. Section 28: Scottish tax on transactions involving interests in land

      7. Section 29: Disapplication of UK stamp duty land tax

      8. Section 30: Scottish tax on disposals to landfill

      9. Section 31: Disapplication of UK landfill tax

      10. Section 32: Borrowing by the Scottish Ministers

      11. Section 33: Reports on the implementation and operation of this Part

   4. Part 4: Miscellaneous

      1. Section 34: Convention rights and EU law: role of the Advocate General in relation to criminal proceedings

      2. Section 35: References of compatibility issues to the High Court or Supreme Court

      3. Section 36: Convention rights and EU law: criminal appeals to the Supreme Court

      4. Section 37: Time limits for appeals on devolution issues in criminal proceedings

      5. Section 38: Review and power to amend sections 34 to 37

      6. Section 39: Maximum penalties which may be specified in subordinate legislation

      7. Section 42: Power to make consequential,  transitional and saving provision

      8. Section 44: Commencement

6. Schedules

   1. Schedule 1: Amendments of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act

   2. Schedule 2: Scottish rate of income tax: consequential amendments

   3. Schedule 3: Scottish tax on land transactions: consequential amendments

   4. Schedule 4: Scottish tax on landfill: consequential amendments

7. Commencement

8. Hansard References