Paragraph 2(1) provides that the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857 shall be amended.
Paragraph 2(2) provides that in section 1 (Crown Suits may be brought by or against the Lord Advocate):
Paragraph 2(3) provides that in section 2 (authority of Crown required):
Paragraph 2(4) provides that in section 3 (absence of authority cannot be founded upon):
Paragraph 2(5) inserts into the 1857 Act a new section 4A which provides that in the 1857 Act, “the appropriate Law Officer” means:
Paragraph 2(6) provides that in section 5 of the 1857 Act (change of Lord Advocate not to affect proceedings):
See also the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/901), which includes transitional provisions relating to these amendments.
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