Scotland Act 1998
Legislative competence: supplementary.
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 30
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 Schedule 5 (which defines reserved matters) shall have effect. 2 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make any modifications of Schedule 4 or 5 which She considers necessary or expedient. 3 Her Majesty may by Order in Council specify functions which are to be treated, for such purposes of this Act as may be specified, as being, or as not being, functions which are exercisable in or as regards Scotland. 4 An Order in Council under this section may also make such modifications of— a any enactment or prerogative instrument (including any enactment comprised in or made under this Act), or b any other instrument or document, as Her Majesty considers necessary or expedient in connection with other provision made by the Order. 5 Subsection (6) applies where any alteration is made— a to the matters which are reserved matters, or b to Schedule 4, (whether by virtue of the making, revocation or expiry of an Order in Council under this section or otherwise). 6 Where the effect of the alteration is that a provision of an Act of the Scottish Parliament ceases to be within the legislative competence of the Parliament, the provision does not for that reason cease to have effect (unless an enactment provides otherwise).
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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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