Unit 6 - Parliamentary Privilege and Devolution

Question 1

Name the Act that devolved UK powers?

Answer 1

Scotland Act 1998
Government of Wales Act 1998
Good Friday Agreement 1998

Question 2

Name the Acts and Sections that make the Sewel convention legal ?

Answer 2

Scotland Act 2016 S28(8)
Wales Act 2017 added to the GWA 2006 S107(5) & (6)
None in NI yet

Question 3

What part of the Scotland act retains uk parliamentary sovereignty ?

Answer 3

S28(7) of the Scotland act

Question 4

What part of what acts mean that the leg will be interpreted within the competence if possible?

Answer 4

GWA 2006 - S154(2)
TSA 1998 - S101(2)