Part VI
(4) In this section—
- “report” includes accounts and any statement,
- “Scottish functions” has the same meaning as in section 119.
Crown land. 122.—(1) In any provision about the application of any pre-commencement enactment to Crown land—
- (a) references to a Minister of the Crown or government department shall be read as including the Scottish Ministers and the Lord Advocate, and
- (b) references to a Minister of the Crown or government department having the management of the land shall be read as including any member of the Scottish Executive having the management of the land.
(2) In this section, “Crown land” has the meaning given by section 242 of the 1997 c. 8.Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
Stamp duty.
1987 c. 16.
123. In section 55 of the Finance Act 1987 (Crown exemption from stamp duty) references to a Minister of the Crown shall be read as including the Scottish Ministers, the Lord Advocate and the Parliamentary corporation.
Modification of sections 94 and 117 to 122. 124.—(1) Subordinate legislation may provide for any provision of sections 94 and 117 to 122 not to apply, or to apply with modifications, in such cases as the person making the legislation considers appropriate.
(2) Subordinate legislation made by Her Majesty in Council or a Minister of the Crown under this Act may, in connection with any other provision made by the legislation, also provide for any provision of sections 94 and 117 to 122 not to apply, or to apply with modifications.
Amendments and repeals
Amendments and repeals. 125.—(1) Schedule 8 (which makes modifications of enactments) shall have effect.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 9 are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.
Final provisions
Interpretation. 126.—(1) In this Act―
- “body” includes unincorporated association,
- “constituencies” and “regions”, in relation to the Parliament, mean the constituencies and regions provided for by Schedule 1,
- “constituency member” means a member of the Parliament for a constituency,
- “the Convention rights” has the same meaning as in the 1998 c. 42.Human Rights Act 1998,
- “document” means anything in which information is recorded in any form (and references to producing a document are to be read accordingly),
