1999 No. 677

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (Crown Status) Order 1999

Made10th March 1999

Laid before Parliament22nd March 1999

Coming into force6th May 1999

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 113 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, the Scotland Act 19981 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (Crown Status) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th May 1999.

Town and Country Planning2.

(1)

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19972 (in this article referred to as “the Planning Act”) and accordingly–

(a)

the interest of the Parliamentary corporation in any land shall be treated as a Crown interest, within the meaning of Part XII of that Act (application of Act to Crown land); and

(b)

any development carried out by or on behalf of the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as development carried out by or on behalf of the Crown (and, accordingly, the use of the land for the purposes of the Scottish Parliament shall be treated as use by or on behalf of the Crown);

and in relation to land which is Crown land, within the meaning of Part XII of the Planning Act, by virtue only of sub-paragraph (a) above, “the appropriate authority” for the purposes of that Part shall be the Parliamentary corporation.

(2)

If the Parliamentary corporation is entitled to occupy Crown land, within the meaning of Part XII of the Planning Act, by virtue of a contract in writing, that contract shall be treated as a Crown interest, rather than a private interest, for the purposes of that Part.

(3)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) above apply in relation to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 19973 as they apply in relation to the Planning Act but as if–

(a)

references in those paragraphs to the Planning Act or Part XII of that Act were references to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 or, as the case may be, Part III of that Act; and

(b)

the references in paragraph (1)(b) above to development included references to works affecting a listed building and the demolition of a building in a conservation area.

(4)

To the extent that the Parliamentary corporation has responsibility for the management of any land in which it has no interests, the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a government department for the purposes of the following enactments, which define “the appropriate authority” in relation to certain land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown,–

(a)

section 242(2)(b) of the Planning Act; and

(b)

section 74(7)(b) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

(5)

In this article “development” and “land” have the same meaning as in the Planning Act.

Ancient monuments and archaeological areas3.

(1)

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 19794 (in this article referred to as “the 1979 Act”) and accordingly–

(a)

the interest of the Parliamentary corporation in any land shall be treated as a Crown interest, within the meaning of section 50 of that Act (application to Crown land);

(b)

any operations carried out by or on behalf of the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as carried out by or on behalf of the Crown; and

(c)

the use of the land by the Parliamentary corporation for the purposes of the Scottish Parliament shall be treated as use by or on behalf of the Crown;

and in relation to land which is Crown land, within the meaning of section 50 of that Act, by virtue only of sub-paragraph (a) above, “the appropriate authority” for the purposes of that section shall be the Parliamentary corporation.

(2)

To the extent that the Parliamentary corporation has responsibility for the management of any land in which it has no interests, the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a government department for the purposes of section 50(4)(a) of the 1979 Act, which defines “the appropriate authority” in relation to certain land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown.

(3)

In this article “land” has the same meaning as in the 1979 Act.

Building legislation4.

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Building (Scotland) Act 19595 and accordingly any building, within the meaning of that Act, an interest in which belongs to the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown building for the purposes of section 26 of that Act (Crown rights) and, in relation to any such building, “the appropriate authority” for the purposes of that section shall be the Parliamentary corporation.

Fire precautions5.

(1)

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Fire Precautions Act 19716 and accordingly, for the purposes of section 40 of that Act7 (application of certain provisions of that Act to premises occupied by the Crown or owned by the Crown but not occupied by it)–

(a)

the occupation of any premises by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as occupation by the Crown; and

(b)

any premises in which the Parliamentary corporation has an interest which is that of an owner, within the meaning of that Act, shall be treated as premises owned by the Crown.

(2)

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 19978 (referred to in this article as “the 1997 Regulations”) and accordingly for the purposes of regulation 18 of those Regulations (application to the Crown)–

(a)

premises and workplaces owned by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as premises and workplaces owned by the Crown;

(b)

premises and workplaces owned by the Parliamentary corporation but not occupied by it shall be treated as premises and workplaces owned by the Crown but not occupied by it; and

(c)

premises occupied by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as premises occupied by the Crown.

(3)

In paragraph (2) of this article, “premises” and “workplaces” have the same meaning as in the 1997 Regulations.

Value Added Tax6.

The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 19949 and accordingly for the purposes of section 41 of that Act (application to the Crown) it shall be treated as a government department.

F1Data Protection Act 20187.

(1)

The Parliamentary corporation is to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 to the extent specified in this article.

(2)

The Parliamentary corporation is to be treated as a government department for the purposes of the following provisions—

(a)

section 8(d) (lawfulness of processing under the F2UK GDPR: public interest etc),

(b)

section 209 (application to the Crown),

(c)

paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 (statutory etc and government purposes),

(d)

paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (exemptions from the F3UK GDPR: functions designed to protect the public etc), and

(e)

paragraph 8(1)(o) of Schedule 3 (exemptions from the F4UK GDPR: health data).

(3)

In the provisions mentioned in paragraph (4)—

(a)

references to employment by or under the Crown are to be treated as including employment as a member of staff of the Parliamentary corporation, and

(b)

references to a person in the service of the Crown are to be treated as including a person so employed.

(4)

The provisions are—

(a)

section 24(3) (exemption for certain data relating to employment under the Crown), and

(b)

section 209(6) (application of certain provisions to a person in the service of the Crown).

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A K Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, established by section 21 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of—

(a)

the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8);

(b)

the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 9);

(c)

the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46);

(d)

the Buildings (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24);

(e)

the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40);

(f)

the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1840);

(g)

the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23);

(h)

the Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35); and

(i)

the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29).

It also makes provision consequential upon and supplementary to the foregoing provision.