List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2008
This is a list of acts of the Scottish Parliament passed in 2008. Acts of the Scottish Parliament are enacted by the Scottish Parliament, which has legislative authority over devolved matters in relation to Scotland under the authority of the Scotland Act 1998.[1]
Acts are cited by calendar year, in the same fashion as acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each act passed in a respective year is numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, following the prefix "asp".[2]
7 acts of the Scottish Parliament were passed in 2008.
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Acts of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]| Short title | Citation | Royal assent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
2008 asp 1 | 24 January 2008 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish tolls on road bridges; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2008 asp 2 | 12 March 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 3 | 4 April 2008 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish the graduate endowment; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2008 asp 4 | 10 June 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 5 | 16 July 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 6 | 29 October 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 7 | 13 November 2008 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a register of tartans; and for connected purposes. | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Current Law Statutes Annotated 2008
- ^ Scotland Act 1998, 1998 c. 46, s. 28.
- ^ Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, 2010 asp 10, ss. 9 & 38; formerly the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/1379, art. 5(2) (rev. by art. 8 & s. 55(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).