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    Budget (Scotland) Act 2025

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    This Act sets spending and borrowing limits for the Scottish Administration and certain direct-funded bodies for 2025/26, lets the Scottish Ministers authorise urgent extra payments in limited cases, and allows ministerial regulations to amend the amounts.

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    Budget (Scotland) Act 2026

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    This Act sets spending and borrowing limits for the Scottish Administration and certain direct-funded bodies, and gives the Scottish Ministers limited powers to authorise urgent payments and amend amounts by regulations.

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    Building (Scotland) Act 2003

    3 provisions

    This provision lets Scottish Ministers make and adjust building regulations, appoint and oversee verifiers/certifiers, and sets procedures for warrants, certificates, notices, enforcement, and offences.

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    Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Act 2026

    2 provisions

    This Act creates the Scottish building safety levy, makes Revenue Scotland responsible for collecting and managing it, and sets rules for registration, returns, allowances, reliefs, security, and penalties.

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    Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

    2 provisions

    This Part sets rules for Scottish health and social care information, care-record access, carer support, care-home visiting, procurement, and several reporting and regulatory duties for Scottish Ministers.

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    Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

    2 provisions

    This provision defines carers and sets out duties to offer, prepare, and share adult carer support plans and young carer statements, plus related duties on local authorities, health boards, and Scottish Ministers.

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    Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000

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    This Act amends the Census Act 1920 so particulars about religion may be gathered, and it exempts people from penalty for refusing or neglecting to state religion particulars.

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    Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019

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    The Act lets census particulars about transgender status and history and sexual orientation be gathered voluntarily, and it removes penalty liability for refusing or neglecting to state certain related particulars.

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    Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011

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    This Act sets up death-certificate review processes, assigns duties to the Registrar General and medical reviewers, and creates offences and fees around related document handling and disposal rules.

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    Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017

    1 provisions

    Scottish Ministers must work toward child poverty targets, prepare delivery plans and reports, and consult and publish with the Poverty and Inequality Commission.

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    Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026

    4 provisions

    This provision gives local authorities duties to assess and provide advice, guidance and assistance to certain care-experienced people, and it gives Scottish Ministers powers and duties to create related regulations, guidance, advocacy rights, kinship care support, and foster-carer register arrangements.

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    Children (Scotland) Act 2020

    2 provisions

    This provision amends several child law rules so courts and decision-makers must hear and consider children’s views, with exceptions where a child cannot form a view or cannot be found.

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