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| Scottish Enterprise Bill
This is the text of the Scottish Enterprise Bill, as passed by the House of Commons and introduced in the House of Lords on 2nd March 1999. | |||||||||
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| Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by The Scottish Office, are published separately as HL Bill 29- EN. | |||||||||
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| The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998: | |||||||||
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In my view the provisions of the Scottish Enterprise Bill are compatible with the Convention rights. | |||||||||
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| Scottish Enterprise Bill | |||||||||
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B I L L TO Make provision with respect to the financial limits in section 25(2) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- | |||||||||
| Finances of Scottish Enterprise. | 1. In section 25 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (which makes provision as respects the finances of Scottish Enterprise and in particular limits the aggregate amount which is permitted to be outstanding as regards certain elements of the finances of Scottish Enterprise, of its subsidiaries and of the now dissolved Scottish Development Agency)- | ||||||||
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| Short title, extent and commencement. | 2. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Scottish Enterprise Act 1999. | ||||||||
| (2) This Act extends to Scotland only. | |||||||||
| (3) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed. | |||||||||
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| © Parliamentary copyright 1999 | Prepared 3 March 1999 |