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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes certain modifications to Schedule 4 to the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”). That Schedule is concerned with the protection of enactments from modification by the Scottish Parliament.

Article 2 has the effect of preventing the Scottish Parliament from modifying rules of Scots private law applicable to pensions earmarking and sharing.

Article 3 enables the Scottish Parliament to modify provisions in the 1998 Act which provide for sums to be payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.