(1)There shall be a Scottish Executive, whose members shall be—
(a)the First Minister,
(b)such Ministers as the First Minister may appoint under section 47, and
(c)the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland.
(2)The members of the Scottish Executive are referred to collectively as the Scottish Ministers.
(3)A person who holds a Ministerial office may not be appointed a member of the Scottish Executive; and if a member of the Scottish Executive is appointed to a Ministerial office he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Scottish Executive.
(4)In subsection (3), references to a member of the Scottish Executive include a junior Scottish Minister and “Ministerial office” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.
Commencement Information
I1S. 44(1)(a)(b),(2)-(4) in force at 6.5.1999, s. 42(1)(c) in force at 20.5.1999 by S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2)
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