Part I General Reservations
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 5 Reserved Matters

Section 30

Part I General Reservations

The Constitution

1

The following aspects of the constitution are reserved matters, that is—

(a)     the Crown, including succession to the Crown and a regency,

(b)     the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England,

(c)     the Parliament of the United Kingdom,

(d)     the continued existence of the High Court of Justiciary as a criminal court of first instance and of appeal,

(e)     the continued existence of the Court of Session as a civil court of first instance and of appeal.

2

(1)     Paragraph 1 does not reserve—

(a)     Her Majesty's prerogative and other executive functions,

(b)     functions exercisable by any person acting on behalf of the Crown, or

(c)     any office in the Scottish Administration.

(2)     Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the reservation by paragraph 1 of honours and dignities or the functions of the Lord Lyon King of Arms so far as relating to the granting of arms; but this sub-paragraph

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