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🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandConstitution

Scotland Act 1998

Letters Patent and proclamations.

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Provision
38
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

Provision text

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1 The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland shall record in the Register of the Great Seal— a all Letters Patent signed with Her Majesty’s own hand signifying Her Assent to a Bill passed by the Parliament, and b all royal proclamations under sections 2(5) and 3(2), which have passed under the Scottish Seal. 2 On recording such Letters Patent he shall intimate the date of recording to the Clerk. 3 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision as to— a the form and manner of preparation, and b the publication, of such Letters Patent and proclamations. 4 If the First Minister so directs, impressions with the same device as the Scottish Seal shall be taken in such manner, of such size and on such material as is specified in the direction. 5 Each such impression— a shall be known as a Wafer Scottish Seal, and b shall be kept in accordance with directions of the First Minister. 6 If a Wafer Scottish Seal has been applied to Letters Patent or a proclamation mentioned in subsection (1), the document has the same validity as if it had passed under the Scottish Seal.

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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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