# Secretaries of State Act 1926, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to transfer the powers of the Secretary for Scotland to one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, and to increase the number of Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State capable of sitting and voting in the Commons House of Parliament, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[15th July 1926]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/18/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/secretaries-of-state-act-1926/introduction
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