Scotland Act 1998
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- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 3
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 Paragraph 2 does not apply to modifications which— a are incidental to, or consequential on, provision made (whether by virtue of the Act in question or another enactment) which does not relate to reserved matters, and b do not have a greater effect on reserved matters than is necessary to give effect to the purpose of the provision. 2 In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) what is necessary to give effect to the purpose of a provision, any power to make laws other than the power of the Parliament is to be disregarded. 3 Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the application of paragraph 2 to modifications which are incidental to, or consequential on, any provision, if it is only by virtue of exception 10 of Section F1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 that the provision does not relate to reserved matters.
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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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