Scotland Act 1998
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- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 5
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 References in this Schedule to the subject-matter of any enactment are to be read as references to the subject-matter of that enactment as it has effect on the principal appointed day or, if it ceased to have effect at any time within the period ending with that day and beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, as it had effect immediately before that time. 2 Subordinate legislation under section 129(1) may, in relation to the operation of this Schedule at any time before the principal appointed day, modify the references to that day in sub-paragraph (1).
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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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