My bookmarksSign up free
Scotland Act 1978

Scotland Act 1978 s 66

s 66 Voting of Scottish Members of Parliament

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, if, following the first meeting of the Scottish Assembly, a Bill to which this section applies has been passed by the House of Commons but there would not have been a majority in support of the Bill if there had been excluded from the members who voted in the division of that House on the question that the Bill be read the second time all those representing parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, that Bill shall be deemed not to have been read the second time unless after the next fourteen days on which that House has sat after the division took place that House confirms its decision that the Bill be read the second time. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons. (3) This section applies to any Bill which does not relate to or concern Scotland or any part of Scotland but would, if it had related to or concerned Scotland, have been within the legislative competence of the Assembly.

Read this section in the full act →

Read the official text ↗

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

What to look at next