Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707

The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 (6 Ann.) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is chapter VI in the common printed editions.^[2]

Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for rendring the Union of the Two Kingdoms more intire and complete.
Citation	6 Ann. c. 40 (Ruffhead c. 6)
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	13 February 1708
Commencement	23 October 1707
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925 Representation of the People Act 1949
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

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.

Section 4

This section was repealed by the Schedule to the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925.

Section 5

This section was repealed by section 175 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Representation of the People Act 1949.

Section 6

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

See also

• Acts of Union 1707