uksi/2018/1344 — The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2018

2018 No. 1344 Constitutional Law Devolution, Scotland Social Security The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) ( No. 2) Order 2018 Made 12th December 2018 Laid before Parliament 14th December 2018 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th December 2018 Coming into force 8th February 2019 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of December 2018 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by section 93(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows: Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2018. Commencement 2 This Order comes into force immediately after section 27 of the Scotland Act 2016 (welfare foods) comes into force on 8th February 2019. Specification of functions 3 1 The functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under the enactments mentioned in paragraph (2) are specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. 2 The enactments are– a the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 , b the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005 . Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) The Order paves the way for the Scottish Government and the UK Government to enter into agency arrangements, under which the UK Government can exercise certain welfare foods functions on behalf of the Scottish Government. Any such arrangements would require to be agreed between the UK Government and the Scottish Government.