Act of Union Bill (HL Bill 132)

Contents

1. Part 1

   Foundation of the United Kingdom

   1. 1. Status of United Kingdom

   2. 2. Core purposes

2. Part 2

   Central policy areas

   1. 3. Introduction

   2. 4. List of central policy areas

   3. 5. Effect of inclusion in list

   4. 6. Incidental provision about central areas

   5. 7. Rulings of Supreme Court

3. Part 3

   England

   1. English Parliament Option

      1. 8. Introduction

      2. 9. English Parliament

      3. 10. Legislative competence

   2. Regional Devolution Option

      1. 11. Introduction

      2. 12. UK Parliament jurisdiction

      3. 13. City deals

      4. 14. Regional devolution

4. Part 4

   Scotland

   1. 15. Introduction

   2. 16. Elections to the Scottish Parliament

   3. 17. Abolition of power to intervene: Scottish Parliament

   4. 18. Abolition of power to intervene: Scottish Government

   5. 19. Public money

5. Part 5

   Wales

   1. 20. Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru

   2. 21. Welsh Government

   3. 22. Control by Wales of own governance arrangements

6. Part 6

   Northern Ireland

   1. 23. Northern Ireland Assembly

   2. 24. Northern Ireland Executive

7. Part 7

   Parliament

   1. Abolition of House of Lords Option

      1. 25. Introduction

      2. 26. Restructuring overview

      3. 27. UK Parliament

      4. 28. Abolition of House of Lords

      5. 29. UK Parliament Scrutiny Committee

      6. 30. Scrutiny Committees

   2. House of Lords Restructuring Option

      1. 31. Introduction

      2. 32. Restructuring overview

      3. 33. House of Lords

      4. 34. Scrutiny Committees

8. Part 8

   Public money

   1. Introductory

      1. 35. Public finance principles

   2. Central taxation

      1. 36. Central taxes

      2. 37. Application of central taxes

      3. 38. Revenue sharing

      4. 39. UK Funding Committee

   3. Public borrowing

      1. 40. Power to borrow

      2. 41. Public Borrowing Board

      3. 42. Borrowing controls

   4. Central Bank

      1. 43. Bank UK

      2. 44. Central bank functions

      3. 45. Representation

   5. Transitional

      1. 46. Transitional protection

9. Part 9

   Defence and security

   1. 47. Public sector general duty

   2. 48. Duty to co-operate

   3. 49. Liaison

10. Part 10

    Home affairs

    1. Law and order

       1. 50. Courts

    2. UK governance

       1. 51. Unified civil service

       2. 52. Ministerial Council

11. Part 11

    Commencement referendum

    1. 53. Commencement principle

    2. 54. The Questions

    3. 55. Effect of positive vote

    4. 56. Effect of negative vote

    5. 57. Referendum date

    6. 58. Franchise

    7. 59. Referendum arrangements

    8. 60. Legal challenge

12. Part 12

    Final provisions

    1. 61. Commencement

    2. 62. Extent

    3. 63. Short title

13. 1. Schedule

       Central policy areas

       1. Part 1

          List of central policy areas

       2. Part 2

          Amendment of list of central functions