Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707

The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 (6 Ann. . c. 40) is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is chapter VI in the common printed editions.Legislation.gov.uk. "Introduction". Note XI.

, the act is partly in force in Great Britain.The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part I. Page 78, read with pages viii and x.

It united the English and Scottish Privy Councils and decentralised Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to carry out administration. In effect it took the day-to-day government of Scotland out of the hands of politicians and into those of the College of Justice.

Subsequent developments Section 5 from " and the said several Sheriffs " to end of that section, and section 6, of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 July 1867.

Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 4 of, and the schedule to, the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 81), which came into force on 22 December 1925.

Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 175(1) of, and the ninth schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68), which came into force on 3 April 1950.

See also Acts of Union 1707

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References Halsbury's Statutes,

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