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Annex A: Reservations in the Scotland Act 1998
Constitutional and general reservations
- The Crown, including succession to the Crown and a regency
- The Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England
- The Parliament of the United Kingdom, elections for membership of the House of Commons, the European Parliament and the Scottish Parliament
- The higher courts
- The Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters
- The registration and funding of political parties
- Foreign affairs, international relations, and representation
- The civil service
- Defence
- Treason
Economic and fiscal
- Fiscal, economic and monetary policy, including the issue and circulation of money, taxes and excise duties, government borrowing and lending, control over United Kingdom public expenditure, the exchange rate and the Bank of England
- The currency: coinage, legal tender and bank notes
- Financial services
- Financial markets, including listing and public offers of securities and investments, transfer of securities and insider dealing
Home affairs
- Misuse of drugs
- Data protection
- Firearms
- Classification of films and videos
- Immigration and nationality, including asylum and issue of travel documents
- Scientific procedures on live animals
- National security, interception of communications, official secrets and terrorism
- Betting, gaming and lotteries
- Emergency powers
- Extradition
Trade and industry
- The creation, operation, regulation and dissolution of types of business association
- Insolvency in relation to business associations
- Regulation of anti-competitive practices and agreements; abuse of dominant position monopolies and mergers
- Intellectual property
- Import and export control
- Regulation of sea fishing outside the Scottish zone (except in relation to Scottish fishing boats)
- Consumer protection
- Product standards, safety and liability
- Weights and measures
- Telecommunications and wireless telegraphy, including internet services
- Post Office, posts and postal services
- Research Councils
- Designation of assisted areas
- Protection of trading and economic interests
Energy
- Generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity
- Oil and gas, including the ownership of, exploration for and exploitation of deposits of oil and natural gas, offshore installations and pipelines
- Coal, including its ownership and exploitation, deep and opencast coal mining and coal mining subsidence
- Nuclear energy and nuclear installations, including nuclear safety, security and safeguards, and liability for nuclear occurrences
Transport
- Road transport
- Rail transport, provision and regulation of railway services
- Marine transport, including navigational rights and freedoms
- Air transport
- Transport of radioactive material
Social security
- Social security schemes
- Child support
- The regulation of occupational pension schemes and personal pension schemes, including the obligations of the trustees or managers of such schemes
Regulation of the professions
- Architects, health professions, auditors
Employment
- Employment rights and duties and industrial relations
- Health and safety
- Job search and support
Health and medicines
- Regulation of medical professions
- Abortion
- Xenotransplantation
- Embryology, surrogacy and genetics
- Medicines, medical supplies and poisons
Media and culture
- Broadcasting, including the BBC
- Public lending right
- Government Indemnity Scheme for objects on loan to museums, art galleries, etc
- Property accepted in satisfaction of tax
Miscellaneous
- Judicial remuneration
- Equal opportunities
- Control of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction
- Ordnance survey
- Timescales, time zones and the subject-matter of the Summer Time Act 1972
- The calendar, units of time, the date of Easter
- Outer space
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