Regulation 7 Printing copies of instruments for the National Library of Scotland
As soon as practicable after receiving a certified copy of an instrument in accordance with section 41(1) of the Act, the Queen’s Printer must print a copy of the instrument and deliver it (at the Queen’s Printer’s own expense)—
to any address specified for the purpose of section 1(1) of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003f1 by the authorities controlling the National Library of Scotland; or
to the National Library of Scotland, if the authorities controlling that library have not specified an address.
Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any instrument that there is no statutory requirement to lay, or lay in draft, before the Scottish Parliament unless—
when sending the certified copy to the Queen’s Printer, the responsible authority requests that a printed copy of the instrument be delivered to the National Library of Scotland; or
the Presiding Officer requests that a printed copy of the instrument be delivered to the National Library of Scotland.
In paragraph (2)(b) “Presiding Officer” is to be interpreted in accordance with section 19 of the Scotland Act 1998f2.