| What will the laws of Scotland be? |
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009 14:56 |
| All the existing laws of Scotland will continue in force, except those which are superseded by the constitution. Instead of being restricted to making laws only in “devolved” areas, the Scottish Parliament will now make all new laws, subject to the constitution and to Scotland’s EU obligations. The Monarch will not have the right to veto legislation and, instead, the Chancellor of Scotland (see 11.5 above) will certify that laws have passed all their parliamentary stages. The Scottish judicial system will continue, though one alteration will be that the House of Lords will no longer be a Court of Appeal in Civil cases. UK tribunal systems will be replaced with Scottish ones. Acts of the Scottish Parliament will no longer be subject to challenge in the Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council. |
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