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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

    Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006

    2 provisions

    Members of the Scottish Parliament must register and declare certain financial interests, and they must not advocate for payment or benefits in kind. The Clerk must maintain and publish the register, and breaches can lead to exclusion and a summary fine.

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  • Scotland

    Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016

    11 provisions

    This provision sets out when a debtor’s estate may be sequestrated, who may apply or petition, what must accompany an application or petition, and the key offences, penalties, and procedural powers tied to sequestration.

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  • Scotland

    Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012

    3 provisions

    This Act converts certain qualifying long leases into ownership on the appointed day and sets rules for related rights, burdens, notices, rent allocation, and conversion of certain lease conditions.

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  • Scotland

    Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

    6 provisions

    This provision sets out core principles for interventions affecting an adult, defines key terms like adult and incapable, and gives powers and duties to the sheriff, Public Guardian, local authorities, and attorneys.

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  • Scotland

    Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017

    2 provisions

    This Act creates an air departure tax on flights beginning at an airport in Scotland and sets rules for who is chargeable, who is exempt, who pays, and how the tax is collected.

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  • Scotland

    Transport (Scotland) Act 2001

    4 provisions

    This provision sets out Scottish transport planning powers, duties, consultation steps, reporting requirements, information controls, and offences for local transport authorities and related actors.

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  • Scotland

    Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011

    1 provisions

    This Act sets up death-certificate review processes, assigns duties to the Registrar General and medical reviewers, and creates offences and fees around related document handling and disposal rules.

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  • Scotland

    Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013

    3 provisions

    This provision adds and amends rules for fish farming, shellfish farming, inspections, enforcement, commercially damaging species controls, and district salmon fishery board governance.

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  • Scotland

    Transport (Scotland) Act 2019

    6 provisions

    This provision requires the Scottish Ministers to prepare, publish, and keep under review a national transport strategy, and it sets rules for low emission zones, including vehicle restrictions, penalties, local authority powers, and reporting duties.

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  • Scotland

    Housing (Scotland) Act 2014

    4 provisions

    This provision amends housing law on social housing, short tenancies, repair standards, landlord registration, and letting agents.

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  • Scotland

    Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005

    3 provisions

    This Part bans smoking in no-smoking premises and in the no-smoking area outside a hospital building, requires certain no-smoking notices to be displayed, and lets Scottish Ministers make detailed regulations.

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  • Scotland

    Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006

    4 provisions

    This part lets the Scottish Ministers act to control animal disease, including slaughter, biosecurity codes, licensing, inspection, and compensation, and creates offences for non-compliance.

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  • Scotland

    Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

    5 provisions

    This provision reorganises sheriff courts and sheriffdoms, sets rules for judicial appointments and movement, gives the Lord President and Scottish Ministers several administrative powers, and creates the Sheriff Appeal Court.

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  • Scotland

    Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011

    3 provisions

    This provision defines controlled reservoirs and sets out key reservoir-management rules, including registration, cooperation, SEPA oversight, risk designation, and related offences and penalties.

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  • Scotland

    Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

    5 provisions

    This provision sets the Act’s regulatory objectives, defines key terms, and gives the Scottish Ministers and approved regulators powers and duties for approving, regulating, reviewing, and supervising licensed legal services providers.

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