Article 6 ClassificationI1I2

The responsible authority shall, on sending a Scottish statutory instrument to the Queen’s Printer, certify it as local or general according to its subject matter and, unless the Presiding Officer otherwise directs, the instrument shall be classified accordingly.

Unless there are special reasons to the contrary in any particular case, a Scottish statutory instrument which is in the nature of a local and personal or private Act shall be classified as local, and a Scottish statutory instrument which is in the nature of a public general Act shall be classified as general.