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Scotland
2 provisions
This part of the Act changes animal welfare and wildlife rules, adds fixed-penalty powers, increases some penalties, and gives ministers, courts, and authorised persons specific duties and powers.
Scotland
5 provisions
The provision sets out antisocial-behaviour strategies, police and court powers, consultation duties, reporting duties, offences, and closure-order rules.
Scotland
1 provisions
In civil proceedings covered by this Act, an apology made outside the proceedings is generally not admissible as evidence and cannot be used to the maker’s prejudice, with listed exceptions.
Scotland
2 provisions
This provision lets the Scottish Ministers and inspectors regulate fish and shellfish farming, require records and information, inspect farms, and respond to parasite risks and fish escapes. It also creates offences and fines for non-compliance.
Scotland
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.
Scotland
2 provisions
This Act sets out Scotland’s arbitration framework, including how arbitrations start, how tribunals are appointed and must conduct proceedings, and when courts may intervene or enforce awards.
Scotland
2 provisions
This provision changes Scottish bail, prison release, victim-information, and release-planning rules, including new duties for courts, Ministers, and other public bodies.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act changes Scottish bail rules and judicial appointments, including a 24-hour bail decision period, rules for part-time sheriffs, and ministerial powers over senior judge numbers.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act transfers the Baird Trust’s property, rights, interests and liabilities to a successor company, dissolves the Trust, and changes references to the transferor into references to the transferee.
Scotland
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.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act was repealed.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act sets up a mental health moratorium on debt recovery, gives Scottish Ministers rule-making and reporting duties, and makes detailed changes to bankruptcy and diligence procedures.
Scotland
8 provisions
This provision creates a Register of Floating Charges, sets out how floating charges are registered, ranked, assigned, altered, discharged, and attached, and adds related rules for officers of court and land attachment.
Scotland
1 provisions
The Act makes it an offence to deliberately stop a person caring for a child from feeding the child milk in a public place or licensed premises, unless the child is not lawfully allowed to be there except for feeding. It also gives Scottish Ministers powers and duties about breastfeeding, and sets a commencement rule f
Scotland
1 provisions
The Act requires the Scottish Ministers to promote British Sign Language and to prepare, publish, and lay National Plans before the Scottish Parliament.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act sets spending and borrowing limits for 2000/01, allows limited urgent payments with Scottish Ministers’ approval, and requires a report after such approvals.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act sets spending and cash limits for the Scottish Administration and certain bodies for 2001/02, gives Scottish Ministers limited urgent-payment powers, and requires parliamentary approval for orders changing the amounts.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act sets spending and borrowing limits for Scottish public bodies for financial year 2002/03 and lets Scottish Ministers authorise certain urgent payments and amend listed amounts by statutory instrument.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act authorises specified spending and cash limits for the Scottish Administration and certain bodies for financial year 2003/04, and gives Scottish Ministers limited powers to authorise urgent extra payments, make reports, and amend the amounts by order.
Scotland
1 provisions
This Act authorises specific spending and borrowing limits for Scottish public bodies for 2004/05, lets Scottish Ministers approve urgent extra payments in limited cases, and gives them power to amend listed amounts by statutory instrument.