s 38
(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State— (a) that a Bill passed by the Assembly contains any provision which would or might affect a reserved matter, whether directly or indirectly ; and (b) that the enactment of that provision would not be in the public interest ; he may lay the Bill before Parliament together with a reasoned statement that in his opinion it ought not to be submitted to Her Majesty in Council. (2) For the purposes of this section a reserved matter is one— (a) which concerns Scotland (whether or not it also concerns any other part of the United Kingdom) ; but (b) with respect to which the Scottish Assembly has no power to legislate (disregarding for this purpose paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to this Act). (3) If a Bill is laid before Parliament under subsection (1) of this section and within a period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which it is so laid, each House of Parliament resolves that the Bill shall not be submitted to Her Majesty in Council the Bill shall not be submitted to Her Majesty in Council for approval.