Sch. 8
- “Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament.
- 166A.—(1) Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Scottish Parliament belongs to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
- (2) Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Parliament for introduction—
- (a) until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
- (b) if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further parliamentary proceedings may be taken in respect of it.
- (3) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165) include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to other Parliamentary copyright.
- (4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Parliament.”
(7) In section 178 (minor definitions)—
- (a) in the definition of “the Crown”, after “of" there is inserted “the Scottish Administration or of”, and
- (b) in the definition of “parliamentary proceedings”, after “Assembly” there is inserted “of the Scottish Parliament”.
(8) In section 179 (index of defined expressions), in column 2 of the entry for “Parliamentary copyright”, for “and 166(6)” there is substituted “166(6) and 166A(3)”.
Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6)
26.—(1) Section 12 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (meaning of “Crown servant” and “government contractor” for the purposes of that Act) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted―
- “(aa) a member of the Scottish Executive or a junior Scottish Minister;”.
(3) In subsection (2)(a), after “above,” there is inserted “of any office-holder in the Scottish Administration,”.
(4) After subsection (3) there is inserted—
- “(4) In this section “office-holder in the Scottish Administration” has the same meaning as in section 126(7)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998.”.
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 45)
27.—(1) The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 is amended as follows.
(2) Section 2 of that Act (appointment of officers etc.) is omitted.
(3) In section 3(1) (prison officers), for the words following “Secretary of State” there is substituted—
- “(1A) Every prison shall have a governor and such other officers as may be necessary.”
