An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, in accordance with paragraph 5A of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, for the holding of a referendum in Scotland on a question about the independence of Scotland.
The pair of acts provided that there would be a vote in Scotland on whether Scotland would become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom.[5] There would be a simple yes or no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"[5] The vote would take place on 18 September 2014.[4] With some exceptions, all European Union (EU) or Commonwealth citizens resident in Scotland and aged 16 or over could vote, a total of almost 4.3 million people. People of Scottish descent living outside Scotland would not be able to vote.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013". The National Archives. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^"Scottish Independence Referendum Bill". www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^"Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee". www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^ abcBlack, Andrew (26 November 2013). "Q&A: Scottish independence referendum - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ ab"Guide to the referendum process - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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scottish, independence, referendum, 2013, scottish, parliament, which, passed, november, 2013, came, into, force, december, together, with, scottish, independence, referendum, franchise, 2013, enabled, 2014, scottish, independence, referendum, this, followed, . The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which was passed on 14 November 2013 and came into force on 18 December 1 Together with the Scottish Independence Referendum Franchise Act 2013 it enabled the 2014 Scottish independence referendum This followed an agreement between the Scottish and the United Kingdom governments to make an exception to the Scottish devolution scheme which ordinarily reserves constitutional matters to Westminster Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013Act of the Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentLong titleAn Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in accordance with paragraph 5A of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 for the holding of a referendum in Scotland on a question about the independence of Scotland Citation2013 asp 14Introduced byNicola SturgeonDatesRoyal assent17 December 2013Status SpentText of statute as originally enactedThe bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 21 March 2013 by Nicola Sturgeon MSP 2 with backing from the Referendum Scotland Bill Committee 3 The Scottish National Party as the ruling party in Scotland and led by the then First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond ensured that the bill was passed 4 The pair of acts provided that there would be a vote in Scotland on whether Scotland would become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom 5 There would be a simple yes or no question Should Scotland be an independent country 5 The vote would take place on 18 September 2014 4 With some exceptions all European Union EU or Commonwealth citizens resident in Scotland and aged 16 or over could vote a total of almost 4 3 million people People of Scottish descent living outside Scotland would not be able to vote 4 References edit Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 The National Archives Retrieved 22 October 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum Bill www scottish parliament uk Retrieved 8 October 2015 Referendum Scotland Bill Committee www scottish parliament uk Retrieved 13 October 2015 a b c Black Andrew 26 November 2013 Q amp A Scottish independence referendum BBC News BBC News Retrieved 14 October 2015 a b Guide to the referendum process News stories GOV UK www gov uk Retrieved 13 October 2015 nbsp nbsp This article related to law in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to the politics of Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 amp oldid 1168711816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
