List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999
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This is a list of Acts of the Scottish Parliament. It lists Acts of the modern, devolved Scottish Parliament
, established in 1999 by the Scotland Act 1998
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Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
, established in 1999 by the Scotland Act 1998
Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the Act which established the devolved Scottish Parliament.The Act will be amended by the Scotland Bill 2011, if and when it receives royal assent.-History:...
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2000
- Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000The Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. Act 2000 was an act of the Scottish Parliament which was passed by the Parliament on 3 May 2000 and received Royal Assent on 9 June 2000....
asp 5 - Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000The Adults with Incapacity Act 2000 is an act of the Scottish Parliament. It was passed on 29 March 2000, receiving Royal Assent on 9 May. It concerns the welfare of adults who are unable to make decisions for themselves because they have a mental disorder or are not able to communicate...
asp 4 - Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 9
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2000
- Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 3
- Education and Training (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 8
- Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. Act 2000 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which established that the Scottish Ministers had to issue a code of conduct for councillors, and put in place mechanisms for dealing with councillors in contravention of the code...
asp 7 - National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000The National Parks Act 2000, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, sets out 4 main aims of the national parks of Scotland. It also lays out criteria for what qualifies a park for National Park status, and the process necessary to create such features...
asp 10 - Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 1
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 11
- Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Amendment (Scotland) Act 2000Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Amendment (Scotland) Act 2000The Sea Fisheries Amendment Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2000 is a piece of legislation to amend section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1967 in respect of rights of several fishery.-Background:...
asp 12 - Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000 asp 6
2001
- Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001The Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001 was an act by the Scottish Parliament which abolished the previous practice in which a debtor’s goods are priced in preparation for the enforced sale of the debtor’s possessions by amending the Debtors Act 1987...
asp 1 - Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 4
- Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 7
- Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 6
- Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 2001Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 2001The Erskine Bridge Tolls Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2001 is a piece of legislation to restore, with retrospective effect , the power to levy tolls...
asp 12 - Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 10
- International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 13
- Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 5
- Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 11
- Police and Fire Services (Finance) (Scotland) Act 2001Police and Fire Services (Finance) (Scotland) Act 2001The Police and Fire Services Act 2001 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It was passed by the Parliament on 1 November 2001 and received Royal Assent on 5 December 2001.-Preamble:...
asp 15 - Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001The Protection from Abuse Act 2001 is an act of the Scottish Parliament. It was passed on 4 October 2001, receiving Royal Assent on 6 November.-Background and legislation:...
asp 14 - Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 8
- Salmon Conservation (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 3
- Scottish Local Authorities (Tendering) Act 2001 asp 9
- Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 2
2002
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 7
- Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 5
- Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 4
- Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 17
- Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records) (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 12
- Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002The Freedom of Information Act 2002 was an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in 2002. It covers public bodies over which the Scottish Parliament has jurisdiction, fulfilling a similar purpose to the UK-level Freedom of Information Act 2000...
asp 13 - Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002The Fur Farming Act 2002 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament to "to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur"...
asp 10 - Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 8
- Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002The Protection of Wild Mammals Act was passed by the devolved Scottish parliament in February 2002, making Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to ban traditional fox hunting and hare coursing.-Passage of the Act:...
asp 6 - School Education (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 2
- Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002 asp 1
- Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 asp 16
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 asp 11
- Scottish Qualifications Authority Act 2002 asp 14
- Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 9
- University of St. Andrews (Postgraduate Medical Degrees) Act 2002 asp 15
- Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 3
2003
- Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 11
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 6
- Building (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 8
- Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 17
- Council of the Law Society of Scotland Act 2003 asp 14
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 7
- Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 12
- Education (School Meals) (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 19
- Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 10
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003The Land Reform Act 2003 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It created a framework for responsible access to land and inland water, formalising the tradition in Scotland of unhindered access to open countryside, provided that care was taken not to cause damage or interfere with activities...
asp 2 - Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 asp 1
- Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003The Mental Health Act 2003, which came into effect on 5 October 2005, enables medical professionals to detain and treat people against their will on grounds of mental disorder, with the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland providing safeguards against...
asp 13 - National Galleries of Scotland Act 2003 asp 16
- Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 5
- Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 4
- Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Navigation and Fishing) (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 19
- Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 15
- Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 9
- Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 3
2004
- Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 8
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 2
- Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 5
- Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004The Education Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament that received Royal Assent in 2004. It seeks to redefine the law in Scotland relating to the provision of special education to children with additional needs by establishing a framework for the policies of inclusion and generally...
asp 4 - Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004The Local Governance Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system....
asp 9 - National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 7
- Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 6
- Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 1
- School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools) (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 12
- Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2004 asp 10
- Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004The Tenements Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which regulates the law of the tenement in Scotland.The Act is part of a package of land reforms together with the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc...
asp 11 - Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 3
2005
- Baird Trust Reorganisation Act 2005 asp 11
- Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 1
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 4
- Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 10
- Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 2
- Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 15
- Fire (Scotland) Act 2005Fire (Scotland) Act 2005The Fire Act 2005 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament made to "make provision about fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards; to restate and amend the law in relation to fire services; to make provision in relation to the functions of such authorities and boards in connection...
asp 5 - Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 6
- Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005The Gaelic Language Act 2005 passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2005 is the first piece of legislation to give formal recognition to the Scottish Gaelic language....
asp 7 - Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 16
- Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 14
- Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2005 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It extended previous legislation by also making it illegal for UK nationals to perform female genital mutilation outside the borders of the UK. There have been no known cases of girls from Scotland being...
asp 8 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences Act 2005 is an act of the Scottish Parliament. The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences bill was announced to the parliament by the First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, in September 2004. It was passed on 2...
asp 9 - Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005The Smoking, Health and Social Care Act 2005 is an Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2005, after being introduced by Scottish Executive Health minister Andy Kerr....
asp 13 - Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 12
- Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 3
2006
- Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It received Royal Assent on 11 July 2006.The act consolidated, repealed and replaced many other pieces of legislation, such as the Protection of Animals Act 1934 and the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960.The act bans tail...
asp 11 - Budget (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 5
- Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 asp 6
- Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 asp 7
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 2
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 1
- Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006The Human Tissue Act 2006 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament to consolidate and overhaul previous legislation regarding the handling of human tissue.Its counterpart in the rest of the United Kingdom is the Human Tissue Act 2004....
asp 4 - Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 asp 12
- Joint Inspection of Children's Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 3
- Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 14
- Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006One effect of the Planning etc. Act 2006 was the creation of four Strategic Development Planning Authorities. These bodies each comprise several local planning authorities and are charged with producing long-term development plans for the following city-regions* Glasgow and the Clyde Valley*...
asp 17 - Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 10
- Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 asp 16
- Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 asp 8
- Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) (Scotland) Act 2006Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) (Scotland) Act 2006The Senior Judiciary Act 2006 was an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in response to the incapacity due to ill health of Lord Hamilton, the Lord President of the Court of Session...
asp 9 - Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 15
- Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006The Waverley Railway Act 2006 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It authorises the reconstruction of a railway from a point in Midlothian immediately south of Newcraighall in the City of Edinburgh to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders, including stations at Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange,...
asp 13
2007
- Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 4
- Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 10
- Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 asp 19
- Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 12
- Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 3
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 9
- Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 13
- Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 6
- Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 asp 7
- Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 17
- Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 asp 16
- Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 asp 1
- Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 5
- Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 11
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 14
- Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 15
- Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 18
- St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday Act 2007 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament that officially designates St. Andrew's Day to be a bank holiday in Scotland.-Background:...
asp 2 - Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 8
2008
- Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008The Abolition of Bridge Tolls Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2008 is a piece of legislation to abolish tolls on all road bridges in Scotland...
asp 1 - Budget (Scotland) Act 2008 asp 2
- Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 asp 4
- Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Act 2008 asp 3
- Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 asp 6
- Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 asp 5
- Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 asp 7
2009
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 2
- Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 12
- Convention Rights Proceedings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 11
- Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 4
- Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009The Disabled Persons' Parking Places Act 2009 was an act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the duties of local authorities in relation to parking places for use by disabled persons' vehicles, which was passed by the Parliament on 26th February 2009 and received Royal Assent on 1...
asp 3 - Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 7
- Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 6
- Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009The Health Boards Act 2009 was an act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for piloting of the election of certain members of Health Boards and to confer a power to extend those elections to all Health Boards, which was passed by the Parliament on 12th March 2009 and received Royal Assent on...
asp 5 - Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 8
- Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 asp 10
- Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 was an act of the Scottish Parliament to set out rules to govern the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme which was passed by the Parliament on 22nd January 2009 and received Royal Assent on 25 February 2009....
asp 1 - Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009The Sexual Offences Act 2009 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It creates a code of sexual offences that is said to be intended to reform that area of the law....
asp 9
2010
- Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 18
- Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 1
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 4
- Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 9
- Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 13
- Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 15
- Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 14
- Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 6
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 17
- Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 10
- Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 16
- Marine (Scotland) Act 2010Marine (Scotland) Act 2010On 10 March 2010, Scotland's Marine Bill received Royal Assent, making it the .The Marine Act provides a framework which will help balance competing demands on Scotland's seas...
asp 5 - Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 8
- Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 2
- Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 asp 11
- Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 3
- Ure Elder Fund Transfer and Dissolution Act 2010 asp 7
- William Simpson's Home (Transfer of Property etc.) (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 12
2011
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 4
- Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 1
- Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 7
- Forth Crossing Act 2011 asp 2
- Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 3
- Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 5
- Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 8
- Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 asp 6
External links
- Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Parliament website
- Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland
- Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Legislation.gov.uk