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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/2012-07-03</dc:identifier><dc:title>Scotland Act 2012</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the Scotland Act 1998 and make provision about the functions of the Scottish Ministers; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2018-06-14</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2012-07-03</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>Part 2</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Ministers and their powers</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/part/2/crossheading/the-scottish-ministers/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/part/2/crossheading/the-scottish-ministers" NumberOfProvisions="4" RestrictEndDate="2012-10-31" id="part-2-crossheading-the-scottish-ministers" RestrictStartDate="2012-07-03"><Title><Emphasis>The Scottish Ministers</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictEndDate="2017-05-18" Match="false" RestrictStartDate="2012-10-31"><Title>Exercise of power to make Order disqualifying persons from membership of the Parliament</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13" id="section-13"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">13</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/1/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/1" id="section-13-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The 1998 Act is amended as follows.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/2/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/2" id="section-13-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 112 (subordinate legislation: general), after subsection (5) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (functions exercisable by Scottish statutory instrument) applies to the function of making an Order in Council under section 15(1) or (2).</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/3/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/3" id="section-13-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 92 (Queen's Printer for Scotland), after subsection (4) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>4A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of subsection (4)(c), the function of Her Majesty of making an Order in Council under section 15(1) or (2) (power to specify persons disqualified from membership of the Parliament) is to be regarded as being exercisable within devolved competence.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/4/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/4" id="section-13-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 104 (power to make provision consequential on legislation of, or scrutinised by, the Parliament), after subsection (2) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), the function of Her Majesty of making an Order in Council under section 15(1) or (2) (power to specify persons disqualified from membership of the Parliament) is to be regarded as being exercisable within devolved competence.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/5/2012-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/13/5" id="section-13-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In Schedule 4 (enactments <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation> protected from modification), in paragraph 11 (general exceptions: subordinate legislation), after sub-paragraph (3) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="unknown" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="schedule" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(c), the function of Her Majesty of making an Order in Council under section 15(1) or (2) (power to specify persons disqualified from membership of the Parliament) is to be regarded as being exercisable within devolved competence.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>