At the end of June, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s roadmap for a referendum on Scottish independence. The centrepiece would be a Bill to be introduced into the Scottish Parliament to legislate for a referendum in like terms to the 2014 independence referendum, but absent an accompanying section 30 order giving the Scottish Parliament express competence to legislate for a referendum. In addition, Scotland’s Lord Advocate confirmed that she would be making a reference to the United Kingdom Supreme Court (‘UKSC’) for a determination of whether such a Bill, if introduced, would relate to a reserved matter. The rationale for the reference would be to provide definitive legal clarity as to the scope of the Scottish Parliament’s legislative powers.
On 23 November, the UKSC gives its response to the Lord Advocate’s request for legal clarity. In an earlier blog coinciding with the making of the…
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