Commentary on Sections (and Schedules) Part 2: Ministers and Their Powers Section 12: The Scottish Government
48.Subsection (1) renames the Scottish Executive as the Scottish Government. This empowers the Scottish administration to use the term Scottish Government in formal, legal documents, following the increasing use of that term by the current Scottish administration and others in the public domain.
49.Subsection (2) amends the 1998 Act to reflect this renaming.