# Union with Scotland Act 1706, Section: Privileges of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland.


. . . that all Peers of Scotland and their Successors to their Honours and Dignities shall from and after the Union be Peers of Great Britain and have rank and precedency next and immediately after the Peers of the like Orders and Degrees in England at the time of the Union and before all Peers of Great Britain of the like Orders and Degrees who may be created after the Union . . . and shall enjoy all privileges of Peers as fully as the Peers of England do now or as they or any other Peers of Great Britain may hereafter enjoy the same . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Ann/6/11/section/wrapper16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/union-with-scotland-act-1706/section-wrapper16
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