62c. 46
Scotland Act 1998
Part VI
- (b) references to members of the staff of the Scottish Administration are to the staff of the persons referred to in paragraph (a).
(8) For the purposes of this Act, the offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are—
- (a) the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, and
- (b) any other office of a description specified in an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under this subsection.
(9) In this Act—
- (a) all those rights, powers, liabilities, obligations and restrictions from time to time created or arising by or under the Community Treaties, and
- (b) all those remedies and procedures from time to time provided for by or under the Community Treaties,
are referred to as “Community law”.
(10) In this Act, “international obligations” means any international obligations of the United Kingdom other than obligations to observe and implement Community law or the Convention rights.
(11) In this Act, "by virtue of" includes "by" and "under".
Index of defined expressions. 127. In this Act, the expressions listed in the left-hand column have the meaning given by, or are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions listed in the right-hand column.
| Expression | Provision of this Act |
|---|---|
| Act of the Scottish Parliament | Section 28(1) |
| Advocate General | Section 32(4) |
| Auditor General for Scotland | Section 69 |
| Body | Section 126(1) |
| By virtue of | Section 126(11) |
| Clerk, and Assistant Clerk | Section 20 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 |
| Community law | Section 126(9) |
| Constituencies and constituency member | Section 126(1) |
| The Convention rights | Section 126(1) |
| Cross-border public authority | Section 88(5) |
| Devolved competence (in relation to the exercise of functions) | Section 54 |
| Document | Section 126(1) |
| Enactment | Sections 113(6) and 126(1) |
| Financial year | Section 126(1) |
| Functions | Section 126(1) |
| Government department | Section 126(1) |
| The Human Rights Convention | Section 126(1) |
| International obligations | Section 126(10) |
| Judicial Committee | Section 32(4) |
