Portal:Acts of the Scottish Parliament/2015
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These are the Acts of the Scottish Parliament made during 2015.
| Short Title | Long Title | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish Food Standards Scotland and make provision as to its functions; to amend the law in relation to food; to enable provision to be made in relation to animal feeding stuffs; to make provision for administrative sanctions in relation to offences under the law in relation to food; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 1 | |
| Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2015/16, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2016/17, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 2 | |
| Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to extinguish various liabilities arising by virtue of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987. | 2015 asp 3 | |
| Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about execution of documents in counterpart and the delivery by electronic means of traditional documents; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 4 | |
| Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the maintenance of welfare funds and to provide for them to be used to help certain individuals; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 5 | |
| Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about national outcomes; to confer functions on certain persons in relation to services provided by, and assets of, certain public bodies; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003; to enable certain bodies to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land; to amend section 7C of the Forestry Act 1967; to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision about supporters' involvement in and ownership of football clubs; to make provision for registers of common good property and about disposal and use of such property; to restate and amend the law on allotments; to enable participation in decision-making by specified persons having public functions; to enable local authorities to reduce or remit non-domestic rates; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 6 | |
| Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reduce the voting age to 16 at elections for membership of the Scottish Parliament and local government elections; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 7 | |
| Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the rules as to automatic early release of long-term prisoners from prison on licence and to allow prisoners serving all but very short sentences to be released from prison on a particular day suitable for their re-integration into the community. | 2015 asp 8 | |
| Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in various respects; to make provision about mental health disposals in criminal cases; to make provision as to the rights of victims of crime committed by mentally-disordered persons; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 9 | |
| Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the licensing and regulation of air weapons; to amend the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005; to amend and extend the licensing provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and for connected purposes. | 2015 asp 10 | |
| British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to promote the use of British Sign Language including by making provision for the preparation and publication of national plans in relation to British Sign Language and by requiring certain authorities to prepare and publish their own British Sign Language plans in connection with the exercise of their functions; and to provide for the manner in which such plans are to be prepared and for their review and updating. | 2015 asp 11 | |
| Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about human trafficking and slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, including provision about offences and sentencing, provision for victim support and provision to reduce activity related to offences. | 2015 asp 12 | |
| Harbours (Scotland) Act 2015 | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal sections 10 to 12 of the Ports Act 1991 and amend Schedules 3 and 4 to the Harbours Act 1964. | 2015 asp 13 |
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