Commentary on provisions of Act Section 1: The Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government
Section 1 interests a new Part, Part 2A, with new section 63A into the Scotland Act 1998 after Part 2 (the Scottish Administration). Section 63A provides that the Scottish Parliament and Government are permanent parts of the United Kingdom’s constitutional arrangements, and that those institutions cannot be abolished except on the basis of a decision of the people of Scotland in a referendum.
	Subsection (1) of section 63A provides that the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government are permanent parts of the United Kingdom’s constitutional arrangements.
	Subsection (2) of section 63A sets out that the purpose of this section is to signify the commitment of the UK Parliament and UK Government to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government.
	Subsection (3) of section 63A provides that, in view of that commitment, the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government are not to be abolished except on the basis of a decision of the people of Scotland in a referendum.