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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3178",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998",
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  "path": "schedule/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 6TH MAY 1999",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject matter\nPurpose\nSections 19 to 22\nPresiding Officer, administration and proceedings\nSection 23\nPower to call for witnesses and documents\nOnly for the purpose of enabling the Parliament to require any member of the Scottish Executive or his staff to attend its proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence or to produce documents in his custody or under his control\nSections 24 to 26\nWitnesses and documents: notice, offences and general\nSection 30\nLegislative competence: supplementary\nSection 38(1), (2), (4) to (6)\nLetters Patent and proclamations\nSections 40 to 43\nLegal issues\nSections 44 to 47, except section 44(1)(c)\nThe Scottish Executive, First Minister and Ministers\nSection 48(1)\nAppointment and removal of the Scottish Law Officers\nOnly for the purpose of enabling the First Minister to recommend the appointment of the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland to take effect from a date not earlier than 20th May 1999\nSections 49 to 51\nJunior Scottish Ministers, validity of acts of Scottish Ministers and the Civil Service\nSection 52\nExercise of functions\nFor all purposes except so far as relating to the Lord Advocate\nSection 57(2)\nCommunity law and Convention rights\nSection 58\nPower to prevent or require action\nSections 59 and 60\nProperty and liabilities of, and transfers to, the Scottish Ministers\nSection 61(4)\nRights and liabilities of the First Minister\nSection 63\nPower to transfer functions\nOnly for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made to come into force not earlier than 1st July 1999\nSection 69\nThe Auditor General for Scotland\nPart IV\nThe tax-varying power\nSections 81 to 85\nRemuneration of, and other provisions about, members of the Scottish Parliament and Executive\nSection 89\nPower to adapt etc. cross- border public authorities\nOnly for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made to come into force not earlier than 1st July 1999\nSection 92\nQueen’s Printer for Scotland\nSection 93\nAgency arrangements\nOnly for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made to come into force not earlier than 1st July 1999\nSection 96\nProvision of information to the Treasury\nSection 97\nAssistance for opposition parties\nSections 98 to 100 and 103\nJuridical\nSections 108 to 111\nSupplementary powers\nSection 123\nStamp Duty\nFor all purposes except so far as relating to the Lord Advocate\nSection 125\nAmendments and repeals\nOnly for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 8 specified in column 1 below\nSchedule 2\nScottish Parliamentary Corporate Body\nSchedule 3\nStanding orders: further provision\nSchedule 5\nReserved matters\nSchedule 6\nDevolution issues\nIn Schedule 8, paragraphs 13, 14, 18, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31 and 33",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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