Portal:Acts of the Scottish Parliament/2007
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These are the Acts of the Scottish Parliament made during 2007.
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of a railway from a point east of Paisley St James Station to Glasgow Airport and to make improvements in the existing railway between Paisley St James Station and Glasgow Central Station; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 1 | |
| St Andrews's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a bank holiday for St Andrew's Day. | 2007 asp 2 | |
| Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law of sequestration and personal insolvency; to amend the law about floating charges; to establish a Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission and replace officers of court with judicial officers; to amend the law of diligence; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 3 | |
| Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to adoption; to make other provision in relation to the care of children; to enable provision to be made in relation to allowances in respect of certain children; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 4 | |
| Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission; to make provision as regards complaints against members of the legal profession in Scotland and other matters concerning the regulation of that profession; to make provision in connection with the administration of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund, including a register of advice organisations in connection with advice and assistance; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 5 | |
| Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to bail in criminal proceedings; to reform certain aspects of summary criminal procedure; to make provision in relation to solemn criminal procedure; to make provision as to maximum penalties in the summary criminal courts; to make provision for the purpose of compensation orders in favour of victims of offences; to make provision for and in relation to alternatives to prosecution; to make provision as to enforcement of financial penalties for offences; to make provision establishing the JP court and for disestablishing the district court; to provide for the inspection of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 6 | |
| Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as regards crofting and as regards the Scottish Land Court; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 7 | |
| Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the making of orders related to, or to matters connected with, the construction or operation of railways, tramways, other guided transport systems, trolley vehicle systems and inland waterways; to make changes to procedures applicable to orders and schemes under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, the Harbours Act 1964 and the Pilotage Act 1987; to make further provision as regards grants for purposes relating to transport; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 8 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2007/08, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2008/09, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 9 | |
| Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purposes of protecting adults from harm; to require the establishment of committees with functions relating to the safeguarding of adults who are at risk of harm; to amend the law relating to incapable adults; to remove an individual’s liability for expenses incurred by councils in performing certain functions in relation to the individual’s spouse or child; to allow the Scottish Ministers to delegate their functions relating to councils' duty to pay sums for the purposes of securing community care services; to make provision entitling a council to recover expenses incurred in providing social services to persons who are not ordinarily resident in the council’s area; to allow the Public Guardian to intervene in court proceedings; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 10 | |
| Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make new provision in relation to prostitution in public places; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 11 | |
| Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to fish farms and shellfish farms; in relation to the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris; in relation to salmon and freshwater fisheries and sea fisheries; in relation to payments connected with aquaculture and fisheries; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 12 | |
| Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit the opening of large shops on Christmas Day and to confer power to prohibit the opening of such shops on New Year’s Day for the purpose of retail trading. | 2007 asp 13 | |
| Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to bar certain individuals from working with children or certain adults; to require the Scottish Ministers to keep lists of those individuals; to make further provision in relation to those lists; to establish a scheme under which information about individuals working or seeking to work with children or certain adults is collated and disclosed; to amend Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to amend the meaning of school care accommodation service in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 14 | |
| Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the promotion of health in certain schools and certain school hostels; and to amend the law in relation to the provision of food and drink for certain pupils. | 2007 asp 15 | |
| Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of new railways to link Edinburgh Airport to the national rail network; to make provision concerning planning agreements and developer contributions relating to the railway; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 16 | |
| Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to the confinement and release of prisoners; to make provision relating to the control of weapons; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 17 | |
| Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law concerning the right of certain relatives of a deceased person to claim damages in respect of the death of the deceased from mesothelioma. | 2007 asp 18 | |
| Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of new railways between Drumgelloch and Bathgate, including new stations at Caldercruix and Armadale; to authorise the use of land for relocated stations at Drumgelloch and Bathgate; to authorise related improvements to the existing railways between Airdrie and Drumgelloch and Bathgate and Edinburgh; to regularise the operation of certain enactments relating to the existing railway affected by the works so authorised; and for connected purposes. | 2007 asp 19 |
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