The Scottish Parliament is part of a process known as devolution. Devolution is a system of government which allows decisions to be made at a more local level. Under this system of devolution Scotland is still part of the United Kingdom and the UK Parliament in Westminster is sovereign has ultimate power.
Since , through several Acts of Parliament from the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament has been given the power to introduce new laws on a wide range of issues. These are known as devolved matters. Some issues remain the responsibility of the UK Parliament alone. These are known as reserved matters. The UK Parliament at Westminster retains power to legislate on any matter, but the convention of devolution is that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
Find out about Legislative Consent Memorandums. Find out more about devolution through the Citizens' Guide to Scottish Devolution 2. These areas, including the NHS, funding, health education, health services, medicine, public health and mental health were devolved in Social work was devolved in Social security benefits were devolved in All areas, including policy and building control were devolved in Land use planning was devolved in Areas including civil justice, civil law and procedure, courts, criminal justice, criminal law and procedure, police, debt and bankruptcy, family law, freedom of information, legal aid, legal profession, licensing law and property law were devolved in The drink drive alcohol limit was devolved in Railway policing was devolved in This was devolved in and includes support for creative industries, Creative Scotland, national gallery, library and museum collections, national performing companies, sportscotland and major events.
Section B4 — Interception of communications, communications data and surveillance. Section B14 — Misuse of and dealing in drugs or psychoactive substances.
Section C14 — Assistance in connection with exports of goods and services. Section G1 — Architects, auditors, health professionals and veterinary surgeons. Section L1 — The legal profession, legal services and claims management services. Since the devolved administration has been legally known as the Scottish government. While in legal documents such as contracts it must be referred to as the Scottish Executive, in keeping with the language of the Scotland Act, the term Scottish government has become widely used in most other contexts.
The Scottish Parliament is not able to legislate on matters which are reserved and there is a convention that HM government will not introduce legislation on devolved areas without the agreement of the Scottish Parliament. However it will sometimes be necessary for Parliament at Westminster to legislate on devolved matters with the agreement of the Scottish Parliament, or for consequential amendments to be made to UK legislation for an act of the Scottish Parliament to take effect.
LCMs are a procedure by which the Scottish Parliament can give consent for Parliament at Westminster to legislate on a devolved matter. Scotland act orders in the UK parliament enable amendments to be made to UK legislation affecting Scotland, to enable Scottish legislation to have full effect, or additional powers to be transferred to Scottish ministers. Information on best practice for dealing with devolution issues when preparing policy is available in the Cabinet Office guidance. You can read the detailed guide on the devolution settlement and Devolution Act for Northern Ireland.
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Home Devolution. Guidance Devolution settlement: Scotland. Print this page. The Scotland Act The Scotland Act made provision for a Scottish government of ministers and a Scottish Parliament to which they would be accountable.
The Scottish settlement The establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish government is provided for in the Scotland Act as amended by the Scotland Act All other issues are deemed to be devolved.
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