Rule 22.1 InterpretationF1

In this Chapter—

• “the 2024 Act” means the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024;

• “compatibility question” has the meaning given by section 31(1) of the 2024 Act;

• “devolution issue” means a devolution issue under—

  1. (a)

     Schedule 6 of the Scotland Act 1998;

  2. (b)

     Schedule 10 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;

  3. (c)

     Schedule 9 of the Government of Wales Act 2006,

and any reference to Schedule 6, Schedule 10 or Schedule 9 is a reference to that Schedule in that Act;

• “relevant authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of a compatibility question, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland, the Lord Advocate and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights;

  2. (b)

     in any other case, the Advocate General for Scotland and—

     1. (i)

        in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 6, the Lord Advocate;

     2. (ii)

        in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 10, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, and the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly;

     3. (iii)

        in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 9, the Counsel General to the Welsh Government.