Offences made under the Schedule 7 to, the Scotland Act 1998

4 statutory instruments made under this Act create 28 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 2015 · 22 offences
• The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Conditions attached to PSV Operator’s Licence and Competition Test for Exercise of… 2001 · 3 offences
• The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 2005 · 2 offences
• The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 2005 · 1 offence