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The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/3320 · Made 14 December 1999

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

Made 14th December 1999

Laid before Parliament 22nd December 1999

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd December 1999

Coming into force 1st February 2000

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 93(3) and 113 of the Scotland Act 1998f1, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 46.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Specification of functions
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 1999.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on 1st February 2000.

2Specification of functions

The functions conferred on the Scottish Ministers by section 92(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1965f1 are hereby specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.

Signature

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows, amongst other things, the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.

The functions of the Scottish Ministers which may be exercised by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Order are the functions specified in article 2 of the Order.