# Scotland Act 1998, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Schedule “devolution issue” means—
(a) a question whether an Act of the Scottish Parliament or any provision of an Act of the Scottish Parliament is within the legislative competence of the Parliament,
(b) a question whether any function (being a function which any person has purported, or is proposing, to exercise) is a function of the Scottish Ministers, the First Minister or the Lord Advocate,
(c) a question whether the purported or proposed exercise of a function by a member of the Scottish Executive is, or would be, within devolved competence,
(d) a question whether a purported or proposed exercise of a function by a member of the Scottish Executive is, or would be, incompatible with any of the Convention rights ...,
(e) a question whether a failure to act by a member of the Scottish Executive is incompatible with any of the Convention rights...,
(f) any other question about whether a function is exercisable within devolved competence or in or as regards Scotland and any other question arising by virtue of this Act about reserved matters.
But a question arising in criminal proceedings in Scotland that would, apart from this paragraph, be a devolution issue is not a devolution issue if (however formulated) it relates to a compatibility issue (within the meaning given by section 288ZA(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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