# Scotland Act 1998, Section 57: ... Convention rights ....

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

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(2) A member of the Scottish Government has no power to make any subordinate legislation, or to do any other act, so far as the legislation or act is incompatible with any of the Convention rights ....
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an act of the Lord Advocate—
(a) in prosecuting any offence, or
(b) in his capacity as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland,
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-57
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