The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2003
S.I. 2003/407 · Made 27 February 2003
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
Made 27th February 2003
Laid before Parliament 6th March 2003
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 6th March 2003
Coming into force 1st April 2003
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of February 2003
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:
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Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
2Specification of functions
The functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under section 168 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989f1 (contributions towards costs of housing mobility arrangements) 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 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 are specified by the Order are their functions under section 168 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, which they exercise pursuant to section 53(2)(c) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 168 of the 1989 Act provides for the making of grants or loans towards the cost of housing mobility arrangements enabling or assisting persons to move and become tenants of houses.