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An index of Acts of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament. It lists the Acts of Parliament of the devolved Scottish Parliament, established in 1999 by the Scotland Act 1998.
The numbers after the titles of the acts are the act numbers. Acts are referenced using 'Year', asp, 'Act Number'.
1999
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to add public safety to the grounds for not discharging certain patients detained under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984; to provide for appeal against the decision of the sheriff on applications by these patients for their discharge; and to amend the definition of “mental disorder” in that Act. | 1999 asp 1 | Repealing Legislation Scotland: Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 |
2000-2009
2000
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Explanatory Notes) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about public resources and finances and, for the purposes of section 70 of the Scotland Act 1998, about accountability for their use; and for connected purposes | 2000 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2000/01, for payments out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and the application of sums otherwise payable into the Fund, for the maximum amount of relevant expenditure for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2001/02, for payments out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2000 asp 2 | |
| Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000 (Explanatory Notes) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars about religion to be gathered. | 2000 asp 3 | |
| Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription volumes: Act, Explanatory Notes) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to the property, financial affairs and personal welfare of adults who are incapable by reason of mental disorder or inability to communicate; and for connected purposes. | 2000 asp 4 | |
| Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish the feudal system of land tenure; to abolish a related system of land tenure; to make new provision as respects the ownership of land; to make consequential provision for the extinction and recovery of feuduties and of certain other perpetual periodical payments and for the extinction by prescription of any obligation to pay redemption money under the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974; to make further provision as respects real burdens affecting land; to provide for the disentailment of land; to discharge all rights of irritancy held by superiors; to abolish the obligation of thirlage; to prohibit with certain exceptions the granting of leases over land for periods exceeding 175 years; to make new provision as respects conveyancing; to enable firms with separate personality to own land; and for connected purposes. | 2000 asp 5 | |
| Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects school education, the welfare of pupils attending independent schools and corporal punishment of pupils for whom school education is provided; to make further provision as respects School Boards; to make further provision as respects the functions, constitution and structure of the General Teaching Council for Scotland; to abolish the committee known as the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for School Education; to make further provision relating to the inspection of institutions within the higher education sector which educate and train persons to be, or persons who are, teachers in schools; and for connected purposes. | 2000 asp 6 | |
| Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a framework for securing the observance of high standards of conduct by councillors and other persons holding public appointments; and to repeal section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986 and make provision as to how councils are to exercise functions which relate principally to children. | 2000 asp 7 | |
| Education and Training (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the payment of grants in respect of the education and training of certain individuals. | 2000 asp 8 | |
| Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to change the law about bail; to enable alteration in the number of judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session; to abolish temporary sheriffs and create a new kind of sheriff; to change the law about justices of the peace; and to abolish district court prosecutions brought on behalf of or by local authorities. | 2000 asp 9 | |
| National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for National Parks. | 2000 asp 10 | |
| Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to regulate surveillance and the use of covert human intelligence sources. | 2000 asp 11 | |
| Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Amendment (Scotland) Act 2000 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend section 7(4) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 in respect of rights of several fishery. | 2000 asp 12 |
2001
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001 (transcription volumes: original act, correction slip) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish poindings and warrant sales. | 2001 asp 1 | |
| Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about transport; to make provision as respects certain bridges; to amend section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; to amend section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1988; to amend sections 26, 28 and 63 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 2 | |
| Salmon Conservation (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about the conservation of salmon and sea trout. | 2001 asp 3 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2001/02, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund, for the maximum amount of relevant expenditure for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2002/03, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 4 | |
| Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the extinction of leasehold casualties; for the payment of compensation on their extinction; for irritancy provisions in certain leases of land to be void; for the disapplication, in relation to certain leases, of the rule of law entitling a landlord in certain circumstances to terminate a lease; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 5 | |
| Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the payment by certain persons of the graduate endowment; to make provision in relation to the use of income arising from the graduate endowment for the purposes of the financial support of students; to make further provision as respects financial support for students; and to make provision exempting students from liability for council tax. | 2001 asp 6 | |
| Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend certain enactments relating to the sentencing and release of life prisoners, the constitution and powers of the Parole Board, legal advice and assistance and legal aid, homosexual offences and the appointment and removal of the procurator fiscal of the Lyon Court which are or may be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights; and to enable further changes in the law where it is or may be incompatible with the Convention. | 2001 asp 7 | |
| Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Scottish Social Services Council; to make provision for the registration and regulation of care services and for the registration, regulation and training of social service workers; to enable local authorities to make grants in respect of activities relating to child care and family support and to make direct payments to children in respect of certain care services; to enable the Scottish Ministers to delegate a power to make certain grants and loans for social work; to make further provision as respects payments by local authorities towards maintenance of certain children residing with and being cared for by persons other than their parents; to enable local authorities to provide and maintain residential accommodation in which nursing is provided; to make further provision as respects persons who have been looked after by local authorities; to amend the definition of “place of safety" in the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; to make further provision as respects the appointment for children of curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 8 | |
| Scottish Local Authorities (Tendering) Act 2001 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to remove the time limit on the period during which the provisions about competition in the Local Government Act 1988 may be modified in relation to local authorities. | 2001 asp 9 | |
| Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about housing, including provision about homelessness and the allocation of housing accommodation by social landlords, the tenants of social landlords, the regulation of social landlords, Scottish Homes, the strategic housing functions of the Scottish Ministers and local authorities and grants for improvement and repairs; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 10 | |
| Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the suspension in certain circumstances of enforcement rights of a creditor in a standard security over property used for residential purposes and the continuation of proceedings relating to those rights; to make provision for notifying tenants and other occupiers of enforcement action by a creditor in a standard security; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 11 | |
| Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restore, with retrospective effect (other than as regards criminal liability), the power to levy tolls conferred by section 1(1) of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 12 | Repealing Legislation Scotland: Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008 |
| International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for offences under the law of Scotland corresponding to offences within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court; to enable assistance to be provided to that court in relation to investigations and prosecutions; to make provision in relation to the enforcement of sentences and orders of that court; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 13 | |
| Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable a power of arrest to be attached to interdicts granted to protect individuals from abuse; to regulate the consequences of such attachment; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 14 | |
| Police and Fire Services (Finance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the carrying forward by police authorities, joint police boards and joint fire boards of unspent balances from one financial year to the next; and for connected purposes. | 2001 asp 15 |
2002
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as respects the synchronisation of the polls at local government elections with the polls at elections to the Scottish Parliament; to make some minor rectifications in enactments relating to the timing of elections; and to make provision in relation to the casting and counting of votes at, and the sending of election communications in connection with, local government elections. | 2002 asp 1 | |
| School Education (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law about the provision of education for children under school age for whom placing requests have been made; and to make provision relating to the abolition of the post of assistant headteacher. | 2002 asp 2 | |
| Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision in relation to the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland and to provide for the establishment of Water Customer Consultation Panels; to make further provision in relation to the regulation of the quality of drinking water; to make provision for the establishment of Scottish Water, the transfer to Scottish Water of the functions of the water and sewerage authorities established by section 62(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and the dissolution of those authorities and in relation to the functions of Scottish Water; to make further amendments of the law relating to water and sewerage; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 3 | |
| Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide, retrospectively, as to the effect on trial diets in summary proceedings of arrest warrants granted at intermediate diets. | 2002 asp 4 | |
| Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects social care; to make provision in relation to arrangements and payments between National Health Service bodies and local authorities as respects certain of their functions; to amend the law relating to the National Health Service; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 5 | |
| Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to protect wild mammals from being hunted with dogs; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 6 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2002/03, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund, for the maximum amount of relevant expenditure for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2003/04, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 7 | |
| Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to enable civil marriages to be solemnised in certain places approved by local authorities; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 8 | |
| Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit persons charged with certain sexual offences from conducting their own defence at the trial; to provide for the appointment of solicitors to defend those persons where they do not make those appointments themselves; to prevent those persons from personally precognoscing or taking statements from alleged victims; to require those persons to give notice of defences of consent; to make new provision about the admissibility of certain evidence bearing on the character, conduct or condition of alleged victims at trials of those persons for those offences; to provide for disclosure of those persons' previous convictions of sexual offences where such evidence is allowed; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 9 | |
| Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur; to provide for the making of payments in respect of the related closure of certain businesses; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 10 | |
| Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision (including provision for the purposes of section 91 of the Scotland Act 1998) for the appointment and functions of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 11 | |
| Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils’ Educational Records) (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require bodies responsible for schools to prepare and implement strategies relating to the accessibility, for pupils with a disability, of school education; and to make provision in respect of the educational records of school pupils. | 2002 asp 12 | |
| Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 13 | |
| Scottish Qualifications Authority Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the members of the Scottish Qualifications Authority; to confer power on the Scottish Ministers to regulate the procedure of that Authority; to provide for the establishment of a committee to consider and advise on matters relating to qualifications awarded by, and the functions and procedures of, that Authority; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 14 | |
| University of St. Andrews (Postgraduate Medical Degrees) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to permit the University of St. Andrews to grant postgraduate research degrees in medicine to qualified medical practitioners. | 2002 asp 15 | |
| Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to investigate complaints about the conduct of members of the Parliament and to report upon the outcome of such investigations to the Parliament; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 16 | |
| Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide a scheme under which individuals may arrange for their debts to be paid under payment programmes; to create a new diligence in relation to corporeal moveable property owned by a debtor; to make special provision for the use of that diligence in relation to property kept in dwellinghouses; to abolish poindings and warrant sales; and for connected purposes. | 2002 asp 17 |
2003
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide anew about the way in which local authorities discharge their functions and about the local provision of certain public services; to give local authorities power to do things which they consider will advance well-being; to provide exemptions and reliefs from non-domestic rates in relation to certain lands and heritages; to confer power on the Scottish Ministers to combine certain lands and heritages for the purposes of assessing rateable value; to require local authorities to prepare, and endeavour to implement, a plan relating to the carrying out of their waste disposal and collection functions; to make new provision about the capital expenditure of those authorities and about the making of capital grants to them; to make some miscellaneous provisions connected with the functions of local authorities; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 1 | |
| Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish statutory public rights of access to land for recreational and other purposes, and to extend some of the provisions for that purpose to rights of way and other rights; to make provision under which bodies representing rural and crofting communities may buy the land with which those communities have a connection; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 2 | |
| Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for protection of the water environment, including provision for implementing European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/60/EC; to amend the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 in relation to the provision of water and sewerage services; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 3 | |
| Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the office of Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland; to make provision in respect of appointments to certain public bodies; to dissolve certain public bodies; to make provision as to certain functions of Health Boards and National Health Service trusts; to make provision as to the functions of the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal regarding the regulation of conveyancing and executry practitioners and the provision of services by such practitioners; to make modifications in relation to those services, including conferring certain notarial and other functions on such practitioners; to establish the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 4 | |
| Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the Scottish Ministers to keep a list of individuals whom they consider to be unsuitable to work with children; to prohibit individuals included in the list, and individuals who are similarly regarded in other jurisdictions, from doing certain work relating to children; to make further provision in relation to that list; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 5 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2003/04, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund, for the maximum amount of relevant expenditure for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2004/05, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; to amend section 3 of, and schedule 1 to, the Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 4); and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 6 | |
| Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to criminal justice, criminal procedure and evidence in criminal proceedings; to make provision as to the arrest, sentencing, custody and release of offenders and the obtaining of reports in relation to offenders; to make provision for the provision of assistance by local authorities to persons who are arrested and are in police custody or who are subject to a deferred sentence and for the making of grants to local authorities exercising jointly certain functions in relation to offenders and other persons; to make provision for the protection of the public at large from persons with a propensity to commit certain offences and for the establishment of the Risk Management Authority; to make provision for the granting of certain rights to the victims of crime; to make provision as to the jurisdiction of courts and the designation of certain courts as drugs courts; to make provision in relation to the physical punishment of children; to create offences in connection with traffic in prostitution or for purposes connected with pornography; to make provision as to the criminal law as it relates to bribery and the acceptance of bribes; to make provision in relation to criminal legal assistance; to require the aggravation of an offence by religious prejudice to be taken into account in sentencing; to make provision as respects police ranks and the powers and duties of certain civilians employed by police authorities; to make provision for the disqualification of convicted persons from jury service in both criminal and civil proceedings and for the separation of juries after retiral; to make provision for the use of live television links between prisons and courts; to make provision in relation to warrants to search; to amend Part V of the Police Act 1997 in its application to Scotland; to make provision in relation to the prohibition of certain matters in respect of cases referred to the Principal Reporter; to amend the law relating to penalties for wildlife offences; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 7 | |
| Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision with respect to buildings, building standards, work in relation to buildings and related matters; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 8 | |
| Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects real burdens, servitudes and certain other obligations affecting land; to amend the law relating to the ranking of standard securities; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 9 | |
| Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about homelessness; to provide for the giving of notice to local authorities of proceedings for possession and enforcement of standard securities; to amend section 18 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 in relation to recovery of possession of assured tenancies for non-payment of rent; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 10 | |
| Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law relating to agricultural holdings under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991; to provide for new forms of agricultural tenancies and to make provision in relation to these tenancies; to provide for the right of certain agricultural tenants to buy land; to provide for the use of certain agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes; to make special provision for certain agricultural tenancies where the tenant is a partnership; to make new provision for the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants arising under agricultural tenancies; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 11 | |
| Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the offence of dog fouling, including fixed penalty notices for such an offence; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 12 | |
| Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 13 | |
| Council of the Law Society of Scotland Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the discharge of functions of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and the appointment and constitution of committees and sub-committees of that Council. | 2003 asp 14 | |
| Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to consolidate, with amendments recommended by the Scottish Law Commission, the enactments relating to salmon and freshwater fisheries in Scotland. | 2003 asp 15 | |
| National Galleries of Scotland Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for a certain piece of land to cease to form part of Princes Street Gardens and to disapply the effect of section 22 of the Schedule to the City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act 1991 to that land. | 2003 asp 16 | |
| Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the establishment and functions of a Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 17 | |
| Education (School Meals) (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer powers on the Scottish Ministers to prescribe circumstances in which education authorities are obliged to ensure that provision is made for pupils to receive milk, meals or other refreshments free of charge; and to provide that the first exercise of those powers has retrospective effect. | 2003 asp 18 | |
| Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Navigation and Fishing) (Scotland) Act 2003 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to regulate matters relating to navigation and fishing in connection with the provision of an offshore wind farm in navigable waters within the Solway Firth; and for connected purposes. | 2003 asp 19 |
2004
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (transcription volumes: Act, Explanatory Notes) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the provision of primary medical services; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2004/05, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2005/06, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 2 | |
| Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the use of special measures for the purpose of taking the evidence of children and other vulnerable witnesses in criminal or civil proceedings; to provide for evidential presumptions in criminal proceedings where certain reports of identification procedures are lodged as productions; to make provision about the admissibility of expert psychological or psychiatric evidence as to subsequent behaviour of the complainer in criminal proceedings in respect of certain offences; to prohibit persons charged with certain offences from conducting their own defence at the trial and any victim statement proof where a child witness under the age of 12 is to give evidence at the trial; to enable the court to prohibit persons from conducting their own defence at the trial and any victim statement proof in other criminal proceedings in which a vulnerable witness is to give evidence; to prohibit persons charged with certain offences from seeking to precognosce personally a child under the age of 12; to make provision about the admissibility of certain evidence bearing on the character, conduct or condition of witnesses in proceedings before a sheriff relating to the establishment of grounds of referral to children’s hearings; to abolish the competence test for witnesses in criminal and civil proceedings; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 3 | |
| Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for additional support in connection with the school education of children and young persons having additional support needs; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 4 | |
| Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, in connection with proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary, for the holding of preliminary hearings prior to the trial diet; to make new provision as to the continuation of the trial diet in proceedings in the High Court; to amend the time limit for commencement of the trial in proceedings in the High Court; in connection with solemn criminal proceedings generally, to amend the consequences of failure to comply with time limits, to make further provision as to citation of the accused, witnesses and jurors, to require any solicitor engaged by the accused to notify the court and the prosecutor of his engagement, withdrawal and dismissal, to make new provision as to the procedure where the trial diet does not proceed, to enable the trial to be conducted in the absence of the accused in certain circumstances, to provide for the apprehension, detention and release on bail of obstructive witnesses, to enable notices and other documents to be served on the accused through his solicitor, to restate with modifications certain provisions in relation to the raising of preliminary pleas and issues and to make new provision as to the adjournment and alteration of diets; to enable persons to be released on bail subject to a requirement that their compliance with conditions of bail restricting their movements be remotely monitored; to make provision entitling the prosecutor to be heard on certain applications relating to bail; to make further provision as to the matters to be dealt with by the sheriff court at a first diet in solemn proceedings; to make new provision as to the procedure to be followed by the court in sentencing offenders who have pled guilty; to increase from three to five years the maximum extended sentence that may be imposed by a sheriff on persons convicted on indictment of certain violent and sexual offences; to make new provision as to the citation of witnesses for precognition by the prosecutor; to clarify when criminal proceedings are finally determined for the purposes of section 10 of the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 5); and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 5 | |
| Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the conservation of biodiversity; to make further provision in relation to the conservation and enhancement of Scotland’s natural features; to amend the law relating to the protection of certain birds, animals and plants; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 6 | |
| National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the organisation and operation of the National Health Service and the promotion of health improvement; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 7 | |
| Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with antisocial behaviour; to make provision about criminal justice; to make provision in relation to child welfare; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 8 | |
| Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the election of councillors by single transferable vote and in relation to candidates to be councillor; to make provision in relation to certain restrictions upon being a councillor and upon former councillors; to make new provision about remuneration for and other payments to councillors; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 9 | |
| Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the reconstruction of a railway from Stirling to Kincardine; to authorise the construction of the Alloa Eastern Link Road, necessitated by the railway; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 10 | |
| Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the boundaries and pertinents of properties comprised in tenements and for the regulation of the rights and duties of the owners of properties comprised in tenements; to make minor amendments of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9); and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 11 | |
| School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools) (Scotland) Act 2004 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer power on the Scottish Ministers, following inspection of a public or grant-aided school or of an education authority, to direct the school managers or the authority to take specified action; to provide that all non-public schools which provide full-time education for pupils of school age are independent schools; to abolish provisional registration of independent schools; to make amended provision for the registration and regulation of independent schools; to provide for appeals to the sheriff principal against certain decisions by the Scottish Ministers in relation to such schools; and for connected purposes. | 2004 asp 12 |
2005
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to prevent or stop a person in charge of a child who is otherwise permitted to be in a public place or licensed premises from feeding milk to that child in that place or on those premises; to make provision in relation to the promotion of breastfeeding; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 1 | |
| Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to assault or impede persons who provide emergency services; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 2 | |
| Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Water Industry Commission for Scotland; to create offences in relation to the unauthorised use of the public water and sewerage systems; to provide for licensing the provision of certain water and sewerage services; to amend the system for fixing charges for services provided by Scottish Water; to make provision as to Scottish Water’s functions; to make provision in relation to coal mine water pollution; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 3 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2005/06, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2006/07, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 4 | |
| Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament 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 with certain events and situations other than fires; to make provision for implementing in part Council Directives 89/391/EEC, 89/654/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and 99/92/EC; to make other provision in relation to fire safety in certain premises; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 5 | |
| Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision establishing the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and provision as to its functions; to make provision as to support for further and higher education; to make provision relating to bodies which provide further and higher education; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 6 | |
| Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a body having functions exercisable with a view to securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language, including the functions of preparing a national Gaelic language plan, of requiring certain public authorities to prepare and publish Gaelic language plans in connection with the exercise of their functions and to maintain and implement such plans, and of issuing guidance in relation to Gaelic education. | 2005 asp 7 | |
| Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to female genital mutilation and to provide for extra-territorial effect; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 8 | |
| Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to meet a child following certain preliminary contact and to make other provision for the purposes of protecting children from harm of a sexual nature, including provision for implementing in part Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA; and to make further provision about the prevention of sexual offences. | 2005 asp 9 | |
| Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about charities and other benevolent bodies; to make provision about fundraising in connection with charities and other benevolent bodies; to amend the law in relation to the investment powers of trustees; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 10 | |
| Baird Trust Reorganization Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to transfer the property, rights, interests and liabilities of The Baird Trust to a successor company limited by guarantee and to dissolve The Baird Trust; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 11 | |
| Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the setting up and functions of new transport bodies and to enable the Scottish Ministers to discharge certain transport functions; to provide further for the control and co-ordination of road works and for the enforcement of the duties placed on those who carry them out; to set up national concessionary fares schemes; and to make other, miscellaneous modifications of the law relating to transport. | 2005 asp 12 | |
| Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit smoking in certain wholly or substantially enclosed places; to enable the Scottish Ministers by order to vary the minimum age limit of those to whom tobacco may be sold; to make provision in relation to general dental services, general ophthalmic services, personal dental services, pharmaceutical care services and detection of vision problems in children; to make provision in relation to disqualification by the NHS Tribunal; to enable the Scottish Ministers to establish a scheme for the making of payments to certain persons infected with hepatitis C as a result of NHS treatment and to certain persons infected with the virus by transmission of it from a person infected with it as a result of such treatment; to amend the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as respects what constitutes an independent health care service, the implementation of certain decisions by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care or the Scottish Social Services Council, the provision of information to the Council and the minimum frequency of inspection of care services by the Commission; to make provision providing further time for applications to be made for registration of child care agencies and housing support services under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and provide authorisation for the payment of certain grants to such services while not registered under that Act; to amend the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 as respects authorisation of medical treatment; to amend the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 to introduce a right of appeal in certain cases under that Act; to enable the Scottish Ministers to form, participate in and provide assistance to companies for the purpose of providing facilities or services for persons exercising functions under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or of making money available to the health service in Scotland; to amend the rules as to membership of and other matters relating to the Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 13 | |
| Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the establishment of community justice authorities; to make further provision for the supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from prison etc.; to make further provision as respects the procedures etc. of the Risk Management Authority; to make further provision as respects the powers of the High Court following the submission of a risk assessment report or of a report under section 210D of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; to amend Part 1 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 so as to make further provision as respects the release of prisoners on licence; to make further provision for testing prisoners for drugs; to make further provision as respects the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts in proceedings for offences in relation to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; to make further provision as respects proceedings in relation to an objection to the content of a risk assessment report; to make provision about the recovery of compensation from offenders; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 14 | |
| Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the assessment of the environmental effects of certain plans and programmes, including plans and programmes to which Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relates; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 15 | |
| Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for regulating the sale of alcohol, and for regulating licensed premises and other premises on which alcohol is sold; and for connected purposes. | 2005 asp 16 |
2006
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about housing standards; to confer a right to adapt rented houses to meet the needs of disabled occupants; to provide for the giving of assistance by local authorities in connection with work carried out in relation to houses; to require certain information to be made available on the sale of houses; to regulate the multiple occupation of houses and certain other types of living accommodation; to make provision about mobile homes; to make provision about matters to be considered by local authorities when assessing suitability of persons to act as a landlord; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 1 | |
| Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law in relation to marriage, divorce and the jurisdiction of the courts in certain consistorial actions; to amend the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981; to amend the law relating to the domicile of persons who are under 16 years of age; to make further provision as respects responsibilities and rights in relation to children; to make provision conferring rights in relation to property, succession and claims in damages for persons living, or having lived, together as if husband and wife or civil partners; to amend Part 3 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; to make further provision in relation to persons entitled to damages under the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976; to make provision in relation to certain rules of private international law relating to family law; to make incompetent actions for declarator of freedom and putting to silence; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 2 | |
| Joint Inspection of Children's Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the carrying out of joint inspections of the provision of services to children; and to make provision as to the appointment of persons to act as social work inspectors and their functions. | 2006 asp 3 | |
| Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to activities involving human tissue. | 2006 asp 4 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2006/07, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2007/08, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 5 | |
| Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction and operation of a tram line in Edinburgh following a western course from St Andrew Square, via Princes Street, Haymarket, Murrayfield and South Gyle to Edinburgh Airport and Newbridge; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 6 | |
| Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction and operation of a tram line in Edinburgh forming a loop from St Andrew Square, along Leith Walk to Leith, west to Granton, south to Haymarket and back to St Andrew Square via Princes Street; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 7 | |
| Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision for the involvement of parents in their children's education and in school education generally; to provide for the establishment of councils to represent the parents of pupils attending public schools; to abolish School Boards; to make further provision as regards the appointment of teachers; to make further provision as regards the content of the development plan for a school; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 8 | |
| Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the exercise of functions during vacancies in the offices of Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice Clerk and the incapacity of the holders of those offices. | 2006 asp 9 | |
| Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about the police; to make further provision about public order and safety; to make further provision about criminal justice; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 10 | |
| Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Animal Health Act 1981, including by making provision for preventing the spread of disease; to make provision for the welfare of animals, including for prevention of harm; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 11 | |
| Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision (including provision for the purposes of section 39 of the Scotland Act 1998) about the registration and declaration of interests of members of the Scottish Parliament and the prohibition of advocacy by such members in return for payment or benefit in kind; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 12 | |
| Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the reconstruction of a railway from a point in Midlothian immediately south of Newcraighall in the City of Edinburgh to Tweedbank in Scottish Borders, including stations at Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow, Galashiels and Tweedbank; to make provision concerning planning agreements and developer contributions relating to the railway; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 13 | |
| Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the administration and conduct of local government elections; to reorganise local registration services; to amend the law in relation to the registration of births and deaths and the procedure in relation to marriages and civil partnerships; to provide for the recording of certain events occurring outwith Scotland in relation to persons who have a Scottish connection; to make available certain information and records held by the Registrar General; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 14 | |
| Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to rename the Scottish Tourist Board, to increase the maximum number of members of that body and to abolish area tourist boards. | 2006 asp 15 | |
| Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the establishment and functions of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights. | 2006 asp 16 | |
| Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision relating to town and country planning; to make provision for business improvement districts; and for connected purposes. | 2006 asp 17 |
2007
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of a railway from a point east of Paisley St James Station to Glasgow Airport and to make improvements in the existing railway between Paisley St James Station and Glasgow Central Station; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 1 | |
| St Andrews's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a bank holiday for St Andrew's Day. | 2007 asp 2 | |
| Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law of sequestration and personal insolvency; to amend the law about floating charges; to establish a Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission and replace officers of court with judicial officers; to amend the law of diligence; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 3 | |
| Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to adoption; to make other provision in relation to the care of children; to enable provision to be made in relation to allowances in respect of certain children; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 4 | |
| Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission; to make provision as regards complaints against members of the legal profession in Scotland and other matters concerning the regulation of that profession; to make provision in connection with the administration of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund, including a register of advice organisations in connection with advice and assistance; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 5 | |
| Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to bail in criminal proceedings; to reform certain aspects of summary criminal procedure; to make provision in relation to solemn criminal procedure; to make provision as to maximum penalties in the summary criminal courts; to make provision for the purpose of compensation orders in favour of victims of offences; to make provision for and in relation to alternatives to prosecution; to make provision as to enforcement of financial penalties for offences; to make provision establishing the JP court and for disestablishing the district court; to provide for the inspection of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 6 | |
| Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as regards crofting and as regards the Scottish Land Court; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 7 | |
| Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the making of orders related to, or to matters connected with, the construction or operation of railways, tramways, other guided transport systems, trolley vehicle systems and inland waterways; to make changes to procedures applicable to orders and schemes under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, the Harbours Act 1964 and the Pilotage Act 1987; to make further provision as regards grants for purposes relating to transport; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 8 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2007/08, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2008/09, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 9 | |
| Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purposes of protecting adults from harm; to require the establishment of committees with functions relating to the safeguarding of adults who are at risk of harm; to amend the law relating to incapable adults; to remove an individual’s liability for expenses incurred by councils in performing certain functions in relation to the individual’s spouse or child; to allow the Scottish Ministers to delegate their functions relating to councils' duty to pay sums for the purposes of securing community care services; to make provision entitling a council to recover expenses incurred in providing social services to persons who are not ordinarily resident in the council’s area; to allow the Public Guardian to intervene in court proceedings; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 10 | |
| Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make new provision in relation to prostitution in public places; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 11 | |
| Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to fish farms and shellfish farms; in relation to the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris; in relation to salmon and freshwater fisheries and sea fisheries; in relation to payments connected with aquaculture and fisheries; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 12 | |
| Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit the opening of large shops on Christmas Day and to confer power to prohibit the opening of such shops on New Year’s Day for the purpose of retail trading. | 2007 asp 13 | |
| Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to bar certain individuals from working with children or certain adults; to require the Scottish Ministers to keep lists of those individuals; to make further provision in relation to those lists; to establish a scheme under which information about individuals working or seeking to work with children or certain adults is collated and disclosed; to amend Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to amend the meaning of school care accommodation service in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 14 | |
| Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the promotion of health in certain schools and certain school hostels; and to amend the law in relation to the provision of food and drink for certain pupils. | 2007 asp 15 | |
| Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of new railways to link Edinburgh Airport to the national rail network; to make provision concerning planning agreements and developer contributions relating to the railway; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 16 | |
| Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to the confinement and release of prisoners; to make provision relating to the control of weapons; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 17 | |
| Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law concerning the right of certain relatives of a deceased person to claim damages in respect of the death of the deceased from mesothelioma. | 2007 asp 18 | |
| Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of new railways between Drumgelloch and Bathgate, including new stations at Caldercruix and Armadale; to authorise the use of land for relocated stations at Drumgelloch and Bathgate; to authorise related improvements to the existing railways between Airdrie and Drumgelloch and Bathgate and Edinburgh; to regularise the operation of certain enactments relating to the existing railway affected by the works so authorised; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 19 |
2008
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish tolls on road bridges; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2008/09, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2009/10, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 2 | |
| Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish the graduate endowment; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 3 | |
| Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the Commonwealth Games that are to be held principally in Glasgow in 2014. | 2008 asp 4 | |
| Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law on public health; to make provision about mortuaries and the disposal of bodies; to enable the Scottish Ministers to implement their obligations under the International Health Regulations; to make provision relating to the use, sale or hire of sunbeds; to amend the law on statutory nuisances; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 5 | |
| Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the judiciary and the courts; to establish the Scottish Court Service; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 6 | |
| Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a register of tartans; and for connected purposes. | 2008 asp 7 |
2009
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set out rules to govern the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme; to provide for the payment of resettlement grants to individuals when they stop being members of the Scottish Parliament or holding certain offices; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2009/10, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2010/11, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 2 | |
| Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 | 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; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 3 | |
| Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 4 | |
| Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the constitution of Health Boards; to provide for piloting of the election of certain members of Health Boards; to require the Scottish Ministers to report on those pilots; to confer a power to extend those elections to all Health Board areas following publication of that report; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 5 | |
| Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the assessment and sustainable management of flood risks, including provision for implementing European Parliament and Council Directive 2007/60/EC; to make provision about local authorities' and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's functions in relation to flood risk management; to amend the Reservoirs Act 1975; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 6 | |
| Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law in respect of placing requests in relation to the school education of children and young persons having additional support needs and in respect of arrangements between education authorities in relation to such school education; to make minor provision in relation to additional support needs; to make further provision in relation to the practice and procedure of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 7 | |
| Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the aggravation of offences by prejudice relating to disability or to sexual orientation or transgender identity. | 2009 asp 8 | |
| Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make new provision about sexual offences, and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 9 | |
| Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as respects the year in which local government elections fall to be held; and to make provision in relation to the publication of information about votes cast at local government elections. | 2009 asp 10 | |
| Convention Rights Proceedings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the limitation period for bringing certain Convention rights proceedings by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998. | 2009 asp 11 | |
| Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set a target for the year 2050, an interim target for the year 2020, and to provide for annual targets, for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to provide about the giving of advice to the Scottish Ministers relating to climate change; to confer power on Ministers to impose climate change duties on public bodies; to make further provision about mitigation of and adaptation to climate change; to make provision about energy efficiency, including provision enabling council tax discounts; to make provision about the reduction and recycling of waste; and for connected purposes. | 2009 asp 12 |
2010-2019
2010
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about arbitration. | 2010 asp 1 | |
| Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the consultation process that is to apply as respects various proposals made by education authorities for schools; to make special provision for rural schools; to provide for Ministerial call-in of closure proposals; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 2 | |
| Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the retailing of tobacco products, including provision prohibiting the display of tobacco products and establishing a register of tobacco retailers; to amend the criteria for eligibility to provide primary medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 3 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2010/11, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2011/12, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 4 | |
| Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to functions and activities in the Scottish marine area, including provision about marine plans, licensing of marine activities, the protection of the area and its wildlife including seals and regulation of sea fisheries; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 5 | |
| Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law regarding the enforcement of standard securities over residential property; to amend the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 as regards the grounds on which a debtor may apply for sequestration, the types of voluntary trust deed to which the Act applies, the sale or disposal of a debtor's family home and requirements to publish notices about sequestration in the Edinburgh Gazette; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 6 | |
| Ure Elder Fund Transfer and Dissolution Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to transfer the property, rights, interests and liabilities of the Ure Elder Fund for Indigent Widow Ladies to a successor charitable trust; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 7 | |
| Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purpose of simplifying public bodies, including the transfer and delegation of certain functions, the dissolution of certain bodies and provision in relation to the regulation of officers of court; to enable provision to be made for the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions and for removing and reducing burdens resulting from legislation; to make provision for the publication of information on expenditure and certain other matters by certain public bodies; to establish Creative Scotland with functions in relation to the arts and culture and industries and other activity the focus of which is the application of creative skills; to establish Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland with scrutiny functions in relation to care services and social work services; to establish Healthcare Improvement Scotland with scrutiny and other functions in relation to services provided under the National Health Service and independent health care services; to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to make provision in relation to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland; to make provision about the exercise of scrutiny functions by certain bodies, including provision in respect of the involvement of users of scrutinised services, co-operation and joint inspections; to amend Part 2 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 in relation to audit authorities and audit reports and examinations under that Part; to amend the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 to make provision in relation to complaints handling procedures of listed authorities; to amend the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 in relation to the regulation of charities and charity trustees; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 8 | |
| Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision for the control of dogs; to amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 9 | |
| Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the publication, interpretation and operation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament and instruments made under them; to make provision about the scrutiny of subordinate legislation by the Scottish Parliament; to make provision (including provision for the purposes of section 94(2)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998) about orders subject to special parliamentary procedure; to make provision about the laying of certain documents before the Scottish Parliament; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 10 | |
| Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland; to transfer to its members the functions of the Chief Investigating Officer, the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland; to make amendments of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003, the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006, including amendments standardising certain provisions of those Acts and extending and qualifying the functions of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 11 | |
| William Simpson’s Home (Transfer of Property etc.) (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to transfer the property, rights, interests, employees and liabilities of the Trustees of William Simpson's Asylum to a successor company limited by guarantee and to dissolve the Trustees; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 12 | |
| Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about sentencing, offenders and defaulters; to make provision about criminal law, procedure and evidence; to make provision about criminal justice and the investigation of crime (including police functions); to amend the law relating to the licensing of certain activities by local authorities; to amend the law relating to the sale of alcohol; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 13 | |
| Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform and rename the Crofters Commission; to provide for the establishment of a new register of crofts and for registration of crofts, common grazings and land held runrig in it; to make provision about the duties of crofters and certain owner-occupiers of crofts and for the enforcement of those duties; to make further amendments to the law on crofting; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 14 | |
| Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for persons being questioned by the police on suspicion of having committed an offence to have a right of access to legal assistance; to enable provision to be made for criminal advice and assistance under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 to be available for such persons in certain circumstances without reference to financial limits; to extend the period during which a person may be detained under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and to enable that period to be further extended in certain circumstances; to provide for a right to make representations in relation to applications for extension of time limits for bringing appeals; to provide a time limit for lodging bills of suspension or advocation; to make provision about the grounds for references made to the High Court by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and to confer power on the High Court to reject such references in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 15 | |
| Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow and to make provision for regulating the supply of certain legal services by licensed entities; to extend rights to obtain confirmation to the estates of deceased persons; to regulate will and other testamentary writing by non-lawyers; to make provision concerning the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates and for the professional arrangements to which solicitors and advocates are subject; to allow court rules to permit the making of oral submissions by lay representatives in civil cases; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 16 | |
| Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Housing Regulator and to make provision about housing, including provision about the performance and regulation of social landlords and reforms of the right to buy social housing; and for connected purposes. | 2010 asp 17 | |
| Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision regulating the sale of alcohol and licensing of premises on which alcohol is sold and to make provision for the imposition of charges on holders of licences granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. | 2010 asp 18 |
2011
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to children’s hearings; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 1 | |
| Forth Crossing Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to give the Scottish Ministers power to construct a new bridge over the Firth of Forth and to construct and improve associated roads and structures; to authorise the acquisition, or temporary possession and use, of land for construction and improvement works; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 2 | |
| Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision amending certain aspects of the law relating to ancient monuments and listed buildings, including provision in relation to unauthorised works, powers of enforcement in connection with such works, offences and fines, powers of entry to ancient monuments, the control and management of certain ancient monuments, and liability for the expenses of urgent works on listed buildings; to make provision for the creation of inventories of gardens and designed landscapes and of battlefields; to provide for grants and loans in respect of the development and understanding of matters of historic and other interest; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 3 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2011/12, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2012/13, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 4 | |
| Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act to make provision about the rights of patients when receiving health care; to make further provision about eligibility under the scheme made under section 28 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 5 | |
| Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with wildlife and the natural environment; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 6 | |
| Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as regards rights to damages in respect of personal injuries and death; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 7 | |
| Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a register of property factors and require property factors to be registered; to make provision in relation to the resolution of disputes between homeowners and property factors; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 8 | |
| Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the regulation of the construction, alteration and management of certain reservoirs, in particular in relation to the risk of flooding from such reservoirs, for the repeal and replacement of the Reservoirs Act 1975, about offences to facilitate the achievement of the environmental objectives set out in river basin management plans; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 9 | |
| Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish an Electoral Management Board for Scotland; to confer functions on the Electoral Commission in relation to local government elections; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 10 | |
| Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the certification of death and still-birth certificates; to make provision for medical reviewers, the senior medical reviewer and their functions; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 11 | |
| Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the management of records by certain authorities; to amend the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 (c.43) in relation to the transmission of court records to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 12 | |
| Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 by making provision in relation to harassment amounting to domestic abuse; to make breach of an interdict relating to domestic abuse with a power of arrest attached an offence; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 13 | |
| Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about private rented housing. | 2011 asp 14 | |
| Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for protecting persons from being forced into marriage without their free and full consent and for protecting persons who have been forced into marriage without such consent; for amending the jurisdiction of the sheriff court in relation to actions for declarator of nullity of marriage; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 15 | |
| Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to the circumstances in which a person convicted or acquitted of an offence may be prosecuted anew; and for connected purposes. | 2011 asp 16 |
2012
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create offences concerning offensive behaviour in relation to certain football matches, and concerning the communication of certain threatening material. | 2012 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2012/13, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2013/14, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 2 | |
| National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about the name, functions and governance of the National Library of Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 3 | |
| Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the price at which alcohol may be sold from licensed premises; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 4 | |
| Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform and restate the law on the registration of rights to land in the land register; to enable electronic conveyancing and registration of electronic documents in the land register; to provide for the closure of the Register of Sasines in due course; to make provision about the functions of the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland; to allow electronic documents to be used for certain contracts, unilateral obligations and trusts that must be constituted by writing; to provide about the formal validity of electronic documents and for their registration; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 5 | |
| Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law governing succession to agricultural tenancies and the review or variation of rent under such tenancies. | 2012 asp 6 | |
| Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the rules about the punishment part of non-mandatory life sentences imposed in criminal cases and to amend the rules about the disclosure of information obtained by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. | 2012 asp 7 | |
| Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about policing; to make provision about fire and rescue services; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 8 | |
| Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to convert certain long leases into ownership; to provide for the conversion into real burdens of certain rights and obligations under such leases; to provide for payment to former owners of land of compensation for loss of it on conversion; and for connected purposes. | 2012 asp 9 | |
| Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision by regulations in consequence of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (in respect of matters other than reserved matters). | 2012 asp 10 | |
| Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Act 2012 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law regarding non-domestic rates and council tax in respect of unoccupied properties; and to repeal certain provisions that allow grants to be made to local authorities to meet housing needs in their areas. | 2012 asp 11 |
2013
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable local authorities to provide support to certain carers; to make provision about the way in which certain social care services are provided by local authorities; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 1 | |
| Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 relating to the designation of authorities, the effect of various exemptions and the time limit for certain proceedings. | 2013 asp 2 | |
| Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Civil Justice Council; to make provision about contributions in respect of criminal legal assistance; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 3 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2013/14, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2014/15, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 4 | |
| Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the development of Scotland's water resources; to bring large-scale water abstraction under Ministerial control; to extend Scottish Water's functions and to authorise grants and loans in favour of related bodies; to permit the taking of steps for the sake of water quality; to create contracts for certain non-domestic water and sewerage services; to protect the public sewerage network from harm and to allow for maintenance of private sewage works; to enable the making of water shortage orders; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 5 | |
| High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about hedges which interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of residential properties. | 2013 asp 6 | |
| Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about fish farming and shellfish farming; about salmon fisheries and freshwater fisheries; about sea fisheries; about shellfish waters and fisheries for shellfish; about charging in connection with functions relating to fish farming, shellfish farming, salmon fisheries, freshwater fisheries and sea fisheries; about fixed penalty notices for offences under certain aquaculture, fisheries and other marine legislation; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 7 | |
| Forth Road Bridge Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the management and maintenance of the Forth Road Bridge. | 2013 asp 8 | |
| National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to alter the status of the National Trust for Scotland's president and vice-presidents; to increase the maximum term of co-option for members of its council; to abolish representative membership of its council; and to validate use of the customary abbreviation of its name. | 2013 asp 9 | |
| Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow decrofting by owner-occupier crofters; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 10 | |
| Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the taxation of land transactions. | 2013 asp 11 | |
| Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the support for, and the governance of, further and higher education institutions, including provision for the regionalisation of colleges; to make provision for reviews of how further and higher education is provided; to make provision for sharing information about young people's involvement in education and training; and for connected purposes. | 2013 asp 12 | |
| Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about those who are entitled to vote in a referendum on the independence of Scotland, including provision for the establishment of a register of young voters for the purposes of such a referendum. | 2013 asp 13 | |
| Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, in accordance with paragraph 5A of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, for the holding of a referendum in Scotland on a question about the independence of Scotland. | 2013 asp 14 |
2014
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for certain rights and support for victims and witnesses, including provision for implementing Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and the Council; and to make provision for the establishment of a committee of the Mental Welfare Commission with functions relating to persons who were placed in institutional care as children. | 2014 asp 1 | |
| Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the taxation of disposals to landfill. | 2014 asp 2 | |
| Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable provision to be made for the purpose of promoting regulatory consistency; to make provision in relation to primary authorities; to enable provision to be made, and to make provision, as respects regulatory activities, and offences, relating to the environment; to make provision about regulatory functions relating to marine licensing, planning and street traders’ licences; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 3 | |
| Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide Glasgow City Council with additional powers to lend, including lending overseas, any items forming part of the Burrell Collection and to receive items on loan from others in both cases with agreement of the charity trustees of the Sir William Burrell Trust in accordance with a published code. | 2014 asp 4 | |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the marriage of persons of the same sex; to make further provision as to the persons who may solemnise marriage and as to marriage procedure and the places at which civil marriages may be solemnised; to make provision for the registration of civil partnerships by celebrants of religious or belief bodies; to make provision about gender change by married persons and civil partners; to make a minor correction in relation to registration information; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 5 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2014/15, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2015/16, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 6 | |
| City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act 1991 to create an exception to the prohibition on the construction of monuments on Leith Links; to amend the purposes for which the Surplus Fire Fund may be used; to transfer the property, rights, interests and liabilities of the Surplus Fire Fund to a successor charitable trust and then dissolve the Surplus Fire Fund; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 7 | |
| Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the rights of children and young people; to make provision about investigations by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland; to make provision for and about the provision of services and support for or in relation to children and young people; to make provision for an adoption register; to make provision about children's hearings, detention in secure accommodation and consultation on certain proposals in relation to schools; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 8 | |
| Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the carrying out of functions of local authorities and Health Boards; to make further provision about certain functions of public bodies; to make further provision in relation to certain functions under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 9 | |
| Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and the Upper Tribunal for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 10 | |
| Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 11 | |
| Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the procedures relating to the award of certain public contracts; to require certain authorities to produce procurement strategies and annual reports; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 12 | |
| Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 to provide for expenses incurred by local authorities in connection with notices served or work carried out under that Act to be recovered by way of charging order. | 2014 asp 13 | |
| Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about housing, including provision about the abolition of the right to buy, social housing, the law affecting private housing, the regulation of letting agents and the licensing of sites for mobile homes. | 2014 asp 14 | |
| City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to change the status of Portobello Park so as to permit the City of Edinburgh Council to appropriate it for the purposes of the Council's functions as an education authority; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 15 | |
| Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish Revenue Scotland; to establish Scottish tax tribunals; to put in place a general anti-avoidance rule; to make provision about the collection and management of devolved taxes; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 16 | |
| Disabled Persons' Parking Badges (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons. | 2014 asp 17 | |
| Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the sheriff courts; to establish a Sheriff Appeal Court; to make provision about civil court procedure; to make provision about appeals in civil proceedings; to make provision about appeals in criminal proceedings; to make provision about judges of the Court of Session; to make provision about the Scottish Land Court; to make provision about justice of the peace courts; to rename the Scottish Court Service and give it functions in relation to tribunals; to provide for assistants to the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 18 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish Historic Environment Scotland; to make minor amendments to the law relating to the historic environment; and for connected purposes. | 2014 asp 19 |
2015
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish Food Standards Scotland and make provision as to its functions; to amend the law in relation to food; to enable provision to be made in relation to animal feeding stuffs; to make provision for administrative sanctions in relation to offences under the law in relation to food; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2015/16, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2016/17, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 2 | |
| Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to extinguish various liabilities arising by virtue of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987. | 2015 asp 3 | |
| Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about execution of documents in counterpart and the delivery by electronic means of traditional documents; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 4 | |
| Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the maintenance of welfare funds and to provide for them to be used to help certain individuals; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 5 | |
| Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about national outcomes; to confer functions on certain persons in relation to services provided by, and assets of, certain public bodies; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003; to enable certain bodies to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land; to amend section 7C of the Forestry Act 1967; to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision about supporters' involvement in and ownership of football clubs; to make provision for registers of common good property and about disposal and use of such property; to restate and amend the law on allotments; to enable participation in decision-making by specified persons having public functions; to enable local authorities to reduce or remit non-domestic rates; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 6 | |
| Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reduce the voting age to 16 at elections for membership of the Scottish Parliament and local government elections; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 7 | |
| Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the rules as to automatic early release of long-term prisoners from prison on licence and to allow prisoners serving all but very short sentences to be released from prison on a particular day suitable for their re-integration into the community. | 2015 asp 8 | |
| Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in various respects; to make provision about mental health disposals in criminal cases; to make provision as to the rights of victims of crime committed by mentally-disordered persons; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 9 | |
| Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the licensing and regulation of air weapons; to amend the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005; to amend and extend the licensing provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 10 | |
| British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to promote the use of British Sign Language including by making provision for the preparation and publication of national plans in relation to British Sign Language and by requiring certain authorities to prepare and publish their own British Sign Language plans in connection with the exercise of their functions; and to provide for the manner in which such plans are to be prepared and for their review and updating. | 2015 asp 11 | |
| Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about human trafficking and slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, including provision about offences and sentencing, provision for victim support and provision to reduce activity related to offences. | 2015 asp 12 | |
| Harbours (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal sections 10 to 12 of the Ports Act 1991 and amend Schedules 3 and 4 to the Harbours Act 1964. | 2015 asp 13 |
2016
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about criminal justice including as to police powers and rights of suspects and as to criminal evidence, procedure and sentencing; to establish the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 1 | |
| Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the holding of public inquiries in respect of certain deaths. | 2016 asp 2 | |
| Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit smoking in private motor vehicles in the presence of children, subject to limited exceptions; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 3 | |
| Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. | 2016 asp 4 | |
| Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the effect of an apology in certain legal proceedings. | 2016 asp 5 | |
| National Galleries of Scotland Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to change the status of a piece of land currently within Princes Street Gardens so as to enable the City of Edinburgh Council to dispose of it to the National Galleries of Scotland and to provide for that same piece of land to cease to form part of Princes Street Gardens, thus disapplying section 22 of the Schedule to the City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act 1991 to that land. | 2016 asp 6 | |
| Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about succession; to make provision about liferents; to amend the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 7 | |
| Education (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to school education about priorities, objectives and reducing pupils' inequalities of outcome; to modify the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and section 70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980; to make provision in relation to Gaelic medium education, the provision of school meals, the appointment of Chief Education Officers, the registration of independent schools and teachers in grant-aided schools and the standards of education and training of persons to be appointed as head teachers; to enable provision to be made requiring a minimum number of hours of school education to be provided; to enable provision to be made about school clothing grants; to extend the duty to provide early learning and childcare to certain children; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 8 | |
| Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about carers, including the identification of carers' needs for support through adult carer support plans and young carer statements; the provision of support to carers; the enabling of carer involvement in certain services; the preparation of local carer strategies; the establishment of information and advice services for carers; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 9 | |
| Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about community justice, including establishing a new national body to oversee community justice and introducing requirements in relation to the achievement of particular nationally and locally determined outcomes; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 10 | |
| Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 to make provision about an additional amount of tax to be chargeable in respect of certain transactions relating to dwellings. | 2016 asp 11 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2016/17, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2017/18, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 12 | |
| Scottish Elections (Dates) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the determination of the day of the poll at the first ordinary general election for membership of the Scottish Parliament after 2016 and about the year in which local government elections fall to be held. | 2016 asp 13 | |
| Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about tobacco, nicotine and related products, in particular to make provision about retailing, to amend the prohibition on smoking in certain areas and to control advertising and promotion; to make provision about a duty of candour following serious incidents in the course of providing care; to make provision about offences applying to ill-treatment or neglect where care is provided; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 14 | |
| Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the composition of and appointment to the governing bodies and academic boards of higher education institutions; and to revise provision about the academic freedom of various persons carrying out activities at higher education and certain other institutions. | 2016 asp 15 | |
| Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about lobbying, including provision for establishing and maintaining a lobbying register and the publication of a code of conduct. | 2016 asp 16 | |
| Scottish Fiscal Commission Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Fiscal Commission and to provide for its functions. | 2016 asp 17 | |
| Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a land rights and responsibilities statement; to establish the Scottish Land Commission, provide for its functions and the functions of the Land Commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner; to make provision about access to, and provision of, information about owners and controllers of land; to make provision about engaging communities in decisions relating to land; to enable certain persons to buy land to further sustainable development; to make provision for non-domestic rates to be levied on shootings and deer forests; to make provision about the change of use of common good land; to make provision about the management of deer on land; to make provision about access rights to land; to amend the law on agricultural holdings to provide for new forms of agricultural tenancy, to remove the requirement to register before tenants of certain holdings can exercise a right to buy, to provide a new power of sale where a landlord is in breach of certain obligations, to provide about rent reviews, to expand the list of the persons to whom holdings can be assigned or bequeathed and to whom holdings can be transferred on intestacy and to make provision about landlords' objections to such successor tenants, to provide for certain holdings to be relinquished where landlords agree or assigned to persons new to or progressing in farming, to provide for a 3 year amnesty period in relation to certain improvements carried out by tenants, and to provide for notice of certain improvements proposed by landlords; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 18 | |
| Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about private rented housing; in particular to establish a new type of tenancy to be known as a private residential tenancy. | 2016 asp 19 | |
| Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to burial and cremation; to make provision about exhumation of human remains; to make provision in relation to the inspection and regulation of burial authorities, cremation authorities and funeral directors; to enable provision to be made for the licensing of funeral directors; and for connected purposes. | 2016 asp 20 | |
| Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to consolidate the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993, Part 1 of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007, Part 2 of the Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010, the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014, the Protected Trust Deeds (Scotland) Regulations 2013 and related enactments. | 2016 asp 21 | |
| Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about abusive behaviour; and to make provision about sexual harm including provision about directions to be given to juries in sexual offence cases and provision about orders to prevent future sexual harm. | 2016 asp 22 |
2017
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2017/18, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2018/19, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2017 asp 1 | |
| Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a tax on the carriage of passengers by air from airports in Scotland. | 2017 asp 2 | |
| Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to remove the limitation period for actions of damages in respect of personal injuries resulting from childhood abuse. | 2017 asp 3 | |
| Railway Policing (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the arrangements for the Police Service of Scotland to police railways and railway property; and for connected purposes. | 2017 asp 4 | |
| Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the enforcement of contractual terms by third parties. | 2017 asp 5 | |
| Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty; to make provision about plans and reports relating to the targets; and to establish the Poverty and Inequality Commission and provide for its functions. | 2017 asp 6 | |
| Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require that motor vehicles provided for the dedicated transport of pupils are fitted with seat belts. | 2017 asp 7 |
2018
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow the Trustees of the Widows' Scheme of the Incorporation of Bakers of the City of Edinburgh to make capital payments to certain persons who might otherwise have been entitled to annuity payments from the Widows' Fund for the Incorporation of Bakers within the City of Edinburgh; to transfer the remaining property, rights, interests and liabilities of the Widows' Fund to a successor charitable trust; to dissolve the Widows' Fund; and for connected purposes. | 2018 asp 1 | |
| Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Order Confirmation Act 1982 to amend the definition of "actuary" and to amend the description of persons who may be elected collector of the Fund. | 2018 asp 2 | |
| Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to use wild animals in travelling circuses. | 2018 asp 3 | |
| Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about gender representation on boards of Scottish public authorities. | 2018 asp 4 | |
| Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create an offence with respect to the engaging by a person in a course of behaviour which is abusive of the person's partner or ex-partner; and to make rules of criminal procedure for that offence and also for offences subject to the statutory aggravation involving abuse of partners or ex-partners. | 2018 asp 5 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2018/19, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2019/20, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2018 asp 6 | |
| Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012; and for connected purposes. | 2018 asp 7 | |
| Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about Scottish Ministers' functions in relation to forestry; to make provision about Scottish Ministers' functions in relation to the management of forested land and other land; and for connected purposes. | 2018 asp 8 | |
| Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament making provision about social security. | 2018 asp 9 | |
| Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about success fee agreements; to make provision about expenses in civil litigation; to make provision about the offices of the Auditor of the Court of Session, the auditor of the Sheriff Appeal Court and the auditor of the sheriff court; and to make provision about the bringing of civil proceedings on behalf of a group of persons. | 2018 asp 10 | |
| Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Relief from Additional Amount) (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to give retrospective effect to the amendments made by the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Additional Amount-Second Homes Main Residence Relief) (Scotland) Order 2017. | 2018 asp 11 | |
| Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a national islands plan; to impose duties in relation to island communities on certain public authorities; to make provision about the electoral representation of island communities; and to establish a licensing scheme in respect of marine development adjacent to islands. | 2018 asp 12 | |
| Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law on the regulation of social landlords and to reduce the influence of local authorities over registered social landlords. | 2018 asp 13 | |
| Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to pardon persons convicted of certain historical sexual offences and to provide a process for convictions for those offences to be disregarded. | 2018 asp 14 | |
| Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law relating to the extinction of rights and obligations by the passage of time. | 2018 asp 15 |
2019
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to rename Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management); to make provision about the management of the Scottish Crown Estate; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 1 | |
| Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to incorporate and reconstitute the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission; to make provision for its functions and for the appointment of Commissioners; to make provision for the calculation of the annual assessments payable by the owners of land benefited by the Pow; to make provision for meetings of the Commissioners and heritors; to make provision for the Commissioners to have access to the Pow over neighbouring land for necessary purposes and for the Commissioners' consent to be required for activities affecting the Pow and adjacent land etc.; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 2 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2019/20, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2020/21, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 3 | |
| Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the assumed rate of return on investment of particular damages awarded in personal injury cases; and to make provision in relation to periodical payments of various damages awarded in personal injury cases. | 2019 asp 4 | |
| Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to transfer the property, rights, interests and liabilities of The Royal Incorporation of Hutchesons' Hospital in the City of Glasgow to a successor Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation; to dissolve the Incorporation; and to repeal the Hutchesons' Hospital Act 1872. | 2019 asp 5 | |
| Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about staffing by the National Health Service and by providers of care services. | 2019 asp 6 | |
| Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years and to make consequential changes to the law on the disclosure of criminal records and of other information relating to individuals working or seeking to work with children or certain adults; on the provision of information by the Principal Reporter to persons adversely affected by the behaviour of children; on the taking of certain children to a place of safety by the police; on the search of certain children by the police; on police interviews with certain children; and on the taking of forensic samples from certain children by the police; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 7 | |
| Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the use of special measures for the purpose of taking the evidence of child witnesses and other vulnerable witnesses in criminal proceedings; to make provision about the procedure relating to taking evidence by commissioner; to make provision about the procedure for authorisation of standard special measures; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 8 | |
| South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish South of Scotland Enterprise and to provide for its functions. | 2019 asp 9 | |
| Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set targets relating to the eradication of fuel poverty; to define fuel poverty; to require the production of a fuel poverty strategy; and to make provision about reporting on fuel poverty. | 2019 asp 10 | |
| Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about authorisation of the removal and use of part of the body of a deceased person for transplantation and other purposes; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 11 | |
| Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars about transgender status and history and sexual orientation to be gathered voluntarily. | 2019 asp 12 | |
| Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about how land is developed and used. | 2019 asp 13 | |
| Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for electronic monitoring of offenders and as to certain other restrictive measures imposable on offenders; to make provision about periods and processes as regards disclosure of convictions by offenders; and to make provision concerning particular aspects of the system governing parole of offenders. | 2019 asp 14 | |
| Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 to make provision setting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and to make provision about advice, plans and reports in relation to those targets, with the objective of Scotland contributing appropriately to the world's efforts to deliver on the Paris Agreement reached at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. | 2019 asp 15 | |
| Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 16 | |
| Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the production of a national strategy in relation to transport; to make provision for low emission zones; to make provision for and in connection with the powers of local transport authorities in connection with the operation of local bus services in their areas; to make provision about arrangements under which persons may be entitled to travel on local bus and other transport services; to prohibit the parking of vehicles on pavements, prohibit double parking and prohibit parking adjacent to dropped footways; to make provision enabling local authorities to make schemes under which a charge may be levied for providing workplace parking places; to make provision in connection with charges arising from parking on private land; to make provision in connection with the status of the office of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner, the Commissioner's functions and the regulation of road works; to make provision in connection with regional Transport Partnerships and to adjust the number of members on the British Waterways Board; and for connected purposes. | 2019 asp 17 |
2020-2025
2020
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the Union of European Football Associations European Championship that is to be held, in part, in Glasgow in 2020. | 2020 asp 1 | |
| Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the holding of referendums throughout Scotland. | 2020 asp 2 | |
| Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the establishment of the Scottish National Investment Bank and to make further provision in connection with that body. | 2020 asp 3 | |
| Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Act 2020 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about non-domestic rates. | 2020 asp 4 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2020/21, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2021/22, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 5 | |
| Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enfranchise certain persons in respect of Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; to extend to certain persons the right to vote at, stand for election at, and hold office as elected members following, Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 6 | |
| Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 7 | |
| Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the office of Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and to provide for its functions in relation to the acquisition, retention, use and destruction of biometric data for criminal justice and police purposes. | 2020 asp 8 | |
| Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for female genital mutilation protection orders and for guidance in relation to such orders and in relation to the prevention of female genital mutilation generally; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 9 | |
| Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 10 | |
| Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish Consumer Scotland and provide for its functions as a consumer advocacy and advice body; and to require regard to be had to consumer interests. | 2020 asp 11 | |
| Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform certain aspects of the law relating to Scottish parliamentary and local government elections, including length of terms; to make provision about the role of the Electoral Commission in relation to those elections; to confer functions on the Electoral Management Board for Scotland in relation to Scottish parliamentary elections; to rename and make provision about the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 12 | |
| Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to the disclosure of criminal history and other information by the Scottish Ministers; to make amendments to the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 13 | |
| Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to increase penalties for the most serious animal welfare offences, to provide for fixed penalties in relation to animal welfare offences generally, to increase the protection for service animals from being caused unnecessary suffering, to require courts to consider making disqualification orders following convictions for animal welfare offences, to provide for fixed penalties in relation to animal health offences, to increase penalties in relation to certain wildlife offences, to provide for fixed penalties in relation to wildlife offences, to increase the protection for seals from being killed, injured or taken; to confer power on inspectors and constables, where animals have been taken into possession to alleviate their suffering, to make arrangements for the treatment, transfer or destruction of those animals; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 14 | |
| Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable persons of different sexes to be in a civil partnership; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 15 | |
| Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law relating to children; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 16 | |
| Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer powers to modify certain retained EU law relating to agriculture, including power to make new provision about marketing standards in relation to agricultural products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision about the collection and processing of information connected with food supply chains and agricultural activities; and for connected purposes. | 2020 asp 17 | |
| Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 in relation to the appointment of persons to act on behalf of applicants; the provision of information in connection with the determination of eligibility for assistance; the duty to inform about possible eligibility for assistance; the operation of top-up assistance; the diagnosis of terminal illness for disability assistance purposes; and the recovery of assistance given in error; and to modify the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 in relation to the eligibility of judicial office-holders to sit in the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. | 2020 asp 18 |
2021
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to secure the provision throughout Scotland of free period products. | 2021 asp 1 | |
| Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Act 1871 in order to abolish the offices of librarian and fiscal; to rename the Widows' Fund as the Dependents' Fund and to make further provision as regards persons entitled to the benefit of that fund; to make new provision for members of the Society to resign; and to give the Society new powers including to close the Dependents' Fund completely or close it to new members, to create new categories of membership, or to wind up the Society; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 2 | |
| Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer on health boards functions relating to the provision of forensic medical services to victims of sexual offences; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 3 | |
| UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for Scotland in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, in particular to enable provision to be made that corresponds to provision in EU law after the United Kingdom's withdrawal; to establish guiding principles on the environment and to require public authorities to have due regard to those principles in making policies; to establish a body with the functions of ensuring compliance by public authorities with environmental law and monitoring the effectiveness of environmental law in protecting and improving the environment; to require the preparation and publication of an environmental policy strategy; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 4 | |
| Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for measures relating to protection against coronavirus to apply to the ordinary general election for membership of the Scottish Parliament due to be held on 6 May 2021. | 2021 asp 5 | |
| Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create an offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing retail workers; and to provide for a statutory aggravation of that offence where the retail worker is enforcing a statutory age restriction. | 2021 asp 6 | |
| Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political Parties) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable the Parliament to make provision by resolution for payments to registered political parties for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the parties to perform their Parliamentary duties. | 2021 asp 7 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2021/22, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2022/23, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 8 | |
| Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for regulating the supply of thermal energy by a heat network, and for regulating the construction and operation of a heat network; to make provision about the powers of persons holding a heat networks licence; to make provision about conferring rights in heat network assets where a person ceases operating a heat network; to set targets relating to the supply of thermal energy by heat networks; to make provision about plans relating to increased use of heat networks; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 9 | |
| Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law of defamation; replace the common law delicts of verbal injury with delicts of malicious publication; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 10 | |
| Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about restricting pre-release access to certain official statistics; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 11 | |
| Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland to investigate complaints of past sexual harassment made about members of the Parliament in respect of behaviour towards members of their own staff; to remove the default time limit for making complaints to the Commissioner; and to remove any requirement for the complainer's signature. | 2021 asp 12 | |
| University of St. Andrews (Degrees in Medicine and Dentistry) Act 2021 (transcription project) | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal paragraph 17 of schedule 6 of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966. | 2021 asp 13 | |
| Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the aggravation of offences by prejudice; to make provision about an offence of racially aggravated harassment; to make provision about offences relating to stirring up hatred against a group of persons; to abolish the common law offence of blasphemy; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 14 | |
| Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a scheme of financial redress and related support for and in respect of survivors of historical child abuse in certain residential care settings in Scotland; to establish Redress Scotland and provide for its functions; to make provision for reporting by certain persons in relation to their redress activity; to make provision for the establishment of the Survivor Forum and the dissolution of the National Confidential Forum; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 15 | |
| Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for domestic abuse protection notices and orders for the purpose of protecting a person from abusive behaviour by the person's partner or ex-partner; and to make provision for the termination of Scottish secure tenancies in cases involving behaviour by a tenant which is abusive of the tenant's partner or ex-partner. | 2021 asp 16 | |
| Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a Scottish Pubs Code to govern the relationship between tenants and owners of tied pubs; to establish the office of Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 17 | |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to increase penalties and provide additional powers to investigate and enforce the offence of livestock worrying, and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 18 | |
| Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to extend the period for which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 are in force; to provide for the expiry of certain provisions of those Parts; and for connected purposes. | 2021 asp 19 | |
| Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Act 2021 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about increasing the amount of the carer's allowance supplement. | 2021 asp 20 |
2022
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable the Scottish Ministers to reimburse costs relating to the removal of transvaginal mesh. | 2022 asp 1 | |
| Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to temporarily modify sections of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 which require health boards to pay compensation for self-isolation so that, where self-isolation is for a reason relating to coronavirus, health boards have discretion as to whether to pay compensation; and to provide for the expiry of a provision of the Coronavirus Act 2020 which temporarily modified the same sections of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008. | 2022 asp 2 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2022/23, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2023/24, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2022 asp 3 | |
| Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to give to certain foreign nationals the right to stand as candidates at local government elections in Scotland in accordance with international treaty agreements entered into by the United Kingdom. | 2022 asp 4 | |
| Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish a national good food nation plan; to require certain authorities to prepare and publish their own good food nation plans; and to provide as to the effect of all of those plans. | 2022 asp 5 | |
| Miners' Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to pardon certain individuals convicted of certain offences committed during the 1984-85 miners' strike. | 2022 asp 6 | |
| Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the effect of coronavirus on the calculation of the net annual value and rateable value of lands and heritages for the purpose of non-domestic rates. | 2022 asp 7 | |
| Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about public health protection powers; to make provision about educational establishments and school consultations; to make miscellaneous public service reforms; to modify the law on tenancies; to make temporary modifications to the law in relation to the justice system; and for connected purposes. | 2022 asp 8 | |
| Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for licensing the purchase, acquisition, possession and use of certain fireworks; to prevent the supply of certain fireworks and pyrotechnic articles to persons under the age of 18; to limit the supply and use of certain fireworks to particular periods; to provide for the creation of firework control zones; to make provision prohibiting possession of fireworks and pyrotechnic articles in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes. | 2022 asp 9 | |
| Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with protecting residential tenants from increases in rent; protecting residential tenants from eviction; and for connected purposes. | 2022 asp 10 |
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament, but denied royal assent under a Section 35 Order by the UK Government.
2023
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the prohibition of hunting wild mammals using dogs; to make provision about the prohibition of trail hunting; and for connected purposes. | 2023 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2023/24, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2024/25, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2023 asp 2 | |
| Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the assignation of claims; to establish a register for assignation documents in respect of such claims; to make provision in relation to the granting of security in the form of a pledge over corporeal and incorporeal moveable property; to establish a register of statutory pledges; and to end the creation of agricultural charges. | 2023 asp 3 | |
| Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the determination of questions of bail; to provide for the court, when sentencing, to have regard to time spent on certain bail conditions; to ensure prisoners are not released on Fridays and certain other days; to provide for the temporary release of long-term prisoners; to enable certain prisoners to be released early in emergency situations; to require certain public bodies to engage in planning for the release of prisoners; to provide support for released prisoners; to provide for information about prisoners to be given to persons or bodies supporting victims; and for connected purposes. | 2023 asp 4 | |
| Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify certain aspects of the law relating to the regulation and administration of charities and their assets. | 2023 asp 5 | |
| Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the establishment and functions of a Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland. | 2023 asp 6 |
2024
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to incorporate in Scots law rights and obligations set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; to make related provision to ensure compliance with duties relating to the Convention; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 1 | |
| Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as regards trusts; to make provision about the effect of divorce, dissolution or annulment on a special destination and about the rights of succession to an intestate estate; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 2 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2024/25, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2025/26, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 3 | |
| Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the management of wildlife through the prohibition of glue traps and snares and regulation of other wildlife traps and the licensing of land on which certain birds are to be killed or taken; and for the licensing of the making of muirburn; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 4 | |
| Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision to bring all under 18s within the scope of the children's hearings system and about the measures that may be included in compulsory supervision orders, the provision of information to certain persons as to disposals made by the hearings system, and about supervision and guidance for children after age 18; to make provision treating under 18s as children for the purposes of the criminal justice system and about how children are treated in that system, including providing for new safeguards for children in court, the circumstances in which courts must seek advice from a children's hearing or remit the case to a hearing for disposal, the court's power to impose driving disqualifications and penalty points despite so remitting, the operation of sexual offences notification requirements on such remittal, and the use of secure accommodation, and removing the option of young offenders institutions and remand centres, when detaining children; to make changes to provision on secure accommodation and the regulation of secure accommodation services, including those services which take children from other parts of the United Kingdom; to change the age at which a person is a child for the purposes of antisocial behaviour orders; to repeal provisions on the named person service and on child's plans; to make provision about UNCRC compatibility issues in relation to decisions to prosecute children; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 5 | |
| Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the quashing of certain convictions for offences of dishonesty connected to the carrying on of a post office business at a time when the Horizon system was in use; to provide for the deletion of details of alternatives to prosecution in relation to such offences; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 6 | |
| Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer on the Scottish Ministers powers to identify external wall cladding systems on residential buildings that create or exacerbate risks to human life and to address those risks; to establish a register to record that a building's cladding has been assessed and that remediation works have been completed; to enable one or more schemes to be established to require persons in the building industry to contribute towards assessing and remediating dangerous cladding; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 7 | |
| Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to give local authorities the power to impose a levy in respect of persons staying in certain types of accommodation overnight. | 2024 asp 8 | |
| Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision to establish a mental health moratorium; to modify the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016; and to modify the law of diligence. | 2024 asp 9 | |
| Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create safe access zones around premises that provide treatment for the termination of pregnancy authorised under the Abortion Act 1967. | 2024 asp 10 | |
| Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision enabling the support of agriculture, rural communities and the rural economy through the creation of a framework for that support; to make provision for continuing professional development for those involved in agriculture and related industries, to make provision in relation to the welfare and identification of animals, to repeal spent and superseded agricultural enactments; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 11 | |
| Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend section 2 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 to repeal the definition of "woman". | 2024 asp 12 | |
| Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish a circular economy strategy; to make provision about circular economy targets; to make provision about the reduction, recycling and management of waste; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 13 | |
| Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a tax on the commercial exploitation of aggregate; and to make further provision about the administration of devolved taxes. | 2024 asp 14 | |
| Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 in relation to the targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; and for connected purposes. | 2024 asp 15 |
2025
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the rules as to the automatic early release of prisoners from prison and of children from detention; and for connected purposes. | 2025 asp 1 | |
| Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 to make further provision about social security; and for connected purposes. | 2025 asp 2 | |
| Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about judicial factors; the appointment and functions of the Accountant of Court; and for connected purposes. | 2025 asp 3 | |
| Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about eligibility of elected representatives in the Scottish Parliament and in local government and to reform certain aspects of the law relating to Scottish parliamentary and local government elections. | 2025 asp 4 | |
| Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about a code of ethics and a duty of candour for the police; to make provision about vetting of constables and police staff; to make provision about procedures for misconduct and the consequences of certain conduct by constables; to make provision about the functions of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner; and to make provision for a board to advise the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner. | 2025 asp 5 | |
| Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to a code of practice in relation to the acquisition of dogs; and to ensure public awareness and understanding of the code of practice. | 2025 asp 6 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2025/26, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2026/27, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2025 asp 7 | |
| Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the regulation of legal services. | 2025 asp 8 | |
| Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the processing of health and social care information; to make provision about the delivery and regulation of social care; and for connected purposes. | 2025 asp 9 |