Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 explained

Short Title:	Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An Act for rendring the Union of the Two Kingdoms more intire and complete.
Year:	1707
Statute Book Chapter:	6 Ann. c. 40(Ruffhead c. 6)
Territorial Extent:	England and Wales Scotland
Royal Assent:	13 February 1708
Commencement:	23 October 1707
Amendments:	Statute Law Revision Act 1867, Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925, Representation of the People Act 1949
Status:	Amended
Revised Text:	http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Ann/6/40/contents

The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 (6 Ann.) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is chapter VI in the common printed editions.^[2]

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

It united the English and Scottish Privy Councils and decentralised Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to carry out administration. In effect it took the day-to-day government of Scotland out of the hands of politicians and into those of the College of Justice.

Section 4

This section was repealed by the Schedule to the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925.

Section 5

This section was repealed by section 175 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Representation of the People Act 1949.

Section 6

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

References

Halsbury's Statutes,

External links

The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk.

Notes and References

The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
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The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part I. Page 78, read with pages viii and x.