Territorial Extent and Application Territorial application: Scotland
18.The Scottish Parliament’s consent was sought for the provisions in the Act that triggered the Sewel Convention (by way of a Legislative Consent Motion passed on 11 February 2010). These provisions relate to the requirement for businesses to be licensed by the Security Industry Authority. The Sewel Convention provides that Westminster will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters in Scotland without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
19.The provisions of the Act that relate to the retention, destruction and use of relevant physical data held under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (section 16), the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (sections 18, 20 and 21) and on air weapons (section 46), and compensation for victims of overseas terrorism (sections 47 to 54) extend to Scotland and relate to reserved matters.