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The Scottish Parliament and law making
The Scottish Parliament and law making

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This free course was written by Carol Howells.

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Box 1: Extracts from The Scotland Act (1998) © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 3: Extracts from The Scotland Act (2012) © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 4: From Scotland Office and Mundell, D. (2015a). Scotland Bill 2015 - legislation and explanatory notes https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ scotland-bill-2015-legislation-and-explanatory © Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 5: From: Scotland Office and Mundell, D. (2015b). Scotland Bill 2015 - legislation and explanatory https://www.gov.uk/ government  publications/scotland-bill-2015-legislation-and-explanatory (c) Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/  

Box 6: Office of the Advocate General for Scotland. (2015). 2010 to 2015 government policy: Scottish devolutionhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 8: © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/   Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence 

Box 9: Extracts from Cabinet Office. (2011). Devolution guidance notes [Online] Available at https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ devolution-guidance-notes , http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

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Figure 1: Mace was designed and crafted by Michael Lloyd Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence 

Figure 2: From: Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century © Produced by the Commission on Scottish Devolution.

Figure 3 :extracts from The Scotland Act (2012) © Crown (excluding logo): https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 4: PA Images

Figure 5: from Scotland Act 2016 c11 © Crown: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 6: from Scotland Act 2016 c11 © Crown: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 7: extracts from The Scotland Act (1998) © Crown (excluding logo) https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 8: from: Scottish Parliament (Parliamentary Business) content (excluding logo) http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 9: BBC News Scotland

Figure 10 from: http://www.businessforscotland.com/ fm-nicola-sturgeon-must-protect-scotland-brexit-fallout/  68

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