List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2017

This is a list of acts of the Scottish Parliament passed in 2017. Acts of the Scottish Parliament are enacted by the Scottish Parliament, which has legislative authority over devolved matters in relation to Scotland under the authority of the Scotland Act 1998.^[1]

Acts are cited by calendar year, in the same fashion as acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each act passed in a respective year is numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, following the prefix "asp".^[2]

7 acts of the Scottish Parliament were passed in 2017.

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Acts of the Scottish Parliament

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Budget (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 1	31 March 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2017/18, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2018/19, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes.
Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 2	25 July 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a tax on the carriage of passengers by air from airports in Scotland.
Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 3	28 July 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to remove the limitation period for actions of damages in respect of personal injuries resulting from childhood abuse.
Railway Policing (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 4	1 August 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the arrangements for the Police Service of Scotland to police railways and railway property; and for connected purposes.
Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 5	30 October 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the enforcement of contractual terms by third parties.
Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 6	18 December 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty; to make provision about plans and reports relating to the targets; and to establish the Poverty and Inequality Commission and provide for its functions.
Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017			2017 asp 7	18 December 2017
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require that motor vehicles provided for the dedicated transport of pupils are fitted with seat belts.

See also

• List of acts of the Scottish Parliament

References

• Current Law Statutes Annotated 2017

1. Scotland Act 1998, 1998 c. 46, s. 28.
2. Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, 2010 asp 10, ss. 9 & 38; formerly the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/1379, art. 5(2) (rev. by art. 8 & s. 55(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).