{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-members-interests-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-members-interests-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1350",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Members' Interests) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-members-interests-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985;\n“associate” shall be construed in accordance with section 74 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;\n“the Clerk” means the Clerk of the Parliament;\n“cohabitee” in relation to a member includes a person, whether of the opposite sex or not, who is living with that member in a relationship similar to that of husband and wife;\n“company” means a company within the meaning of the 1985 Act;\n“member” means a member of the Scottish Parliament and includes the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland even if they are not members of the Scottish Parliament;\n“parent undertaking” has the same meaning as in section 258 of the 1985 Act;\n“the Register” means the Register of Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament established under article 3;\n“registrable interest” shall be construed in accordance with article 4(1);\n“remuneration” includes any salary, wage, share of profits, fee, expenses, other monetary benefit or benefit in kind;\n“shares” includes stock;\n“spouse” in relation to a member does not include a former spouse or a spouse who is living separately and apart from the member;\n“subsidiary undertaking” has the same meaning as in section 258 of the 1985 Act;\n“undertaking” has the same meaning as in section 259 of the 1985 Act.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to the date when a person is returned as a member shall, in relation to the Lord Advocate or the Solicitor General for Scotland if he is not a member of the Scottish Parliament, be construed as a reference to the date when he is appointed to that office.\n(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–\n(a) a reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section so numbered in the Act;\n(b) a reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article of this Order so numbered;\n(c) a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order; and\n(d) a reference in an article or the Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that article or of the Schedule so numbered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1350/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:25.187868+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}