# Scotland Act 1998, Section 101: Interpretation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament etc.


(1) This section applies to—
(a) any provision of an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or of a Bill for such an Act, and
(b) any provision of subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved, or purporting to be made, confirmed or approved, by a member of the Scottish Government,
which could be read in such a way as to be outside competence.
(2) Such a provision is to be read as narrowly as is required for it to be within competence, if such a reading is possible, and is to have effect accordingly.
(3) In this section “competence”—
(a) in relation to an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or a Bill for such an Act, means the legislative competence of the Parliament, and
(b) in relation to subordinate legislation, means the powers conferred by virtue of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/101 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-101
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