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Business registration in Scotland

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

90 matching statutes

  • Scotland

    Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

    2 provisions

    This provision sets up Scotland’s lobbying register and requires registrants and the Clerk to provide, publish, and maintain specified information, with offences for non-compliance.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Act 2026

    2 provisions

    This Act creates the Scottish building safety levy, makes Revenue Scotland responsible for collecting and managing it, and sets rules for registration, returns, allowances, reliefs, security, and penalties.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020

    6 provisions

    This Part sets out how Level 1 and Level 2 disclosures are requested, provided, reviewed, and in some cases withheld or corrected.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014

    1 provisions

    This Act creates Scottish landfill tax, sets the Tax Authority to collect and manage it, and gives the Scottish Ministers regulation-making powers on key tax rules.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013

    7 provisions

    This Act sets up the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and assigns the main voting, counting, and oversight duties to Scottish Ministers, the Chief Counting Officer, counting officers, and the Electoral Commission.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020

    8 provisions

    This Act sets rules for holding referendums throughout Scotland, including who may vote, how officials are appointed, how votes are counted, and how campaigning and offences are handled.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007

    5 provisions

    This provision sets up the Scheme and the children's and adults' lists, and requires Ministers, organisations, and some personnel suppliers to share prescribed information. It also creates duties for listed individuals to report changes, and offences for barred-role breaches and non-compliance.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025

    3 provisions

    This provision changes Scottish parliamentary and local government election disqualification rules, creates a Scottish disqualification order for certain aggravated offences, and adds rules for regulated election spending and ballot-paper administration.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007

    8 provisions

    This provision creates a Register of Floating Charges, sets out how floating charges are registered, ranked, assigned, altered, discharged, and attached, and adds related rules for officers of court and land attachment.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

    6 provisions

    The Act lets Scottish Ministers set land-management obligations for large holdings, requires certain consultation and guidance, and creates reporting, investigation, fine, appeal, and transfer-restriction rules.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Scotland

    Housing (Scotland) Act 2010

    4 provisions

    This provision creates the Scottish Housing Regulator and sets out how it must operate, including duties on reports, registers, consultation, and regulatory intervention powers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat