List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2026
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This is a list of acts of the Scottish Parliament passed in 2026. 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]
12 acts of the Scottish Parliament have so far been passed in 2026.
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| Short title | Citation | Royal assent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
2026 asp 1 | 7 January 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the liability of owners of unoccupied properties to pay non-domestic rates. | ||||
2026 asp 2 | 10 February 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create an offence of dog theft; to provide for a statutory aggravation of that offence; to provide for publication of information relating to that offence; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 3 | 11 February 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the making available of residential outdoor education to school pupils. | ||||
2026 asp 4 | 27 February 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to the Union of European Football Associations Championship that is to be held, in part, in Glasgow. | ||||
2026 asp 5 | 11 March 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about a national funding strategy for tertiary education, skills and apprenticeships; to make provision about the functions and governance of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council; to make provision about financial support for students in further and higher education; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 6 | 12 March 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about setting targets relating to biodiversity; to make provision in relation to national parks; to make provision in connection with the management of deer; to make certain other miscellaneous provisions relating to environmental matters; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 7 | 25 March 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish a statement about community wealth building; to require local authorities and relevant public bodies to prepare and publish a community wealth building action plan, and to implement that plan; to require certain public bodies to have due regard to community wealth building guidance produced by the Scottish Ministers; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 8 | 31 March 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2026/27, 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 2027/28, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 9 | 2 April 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the involvement of a pupil in a decision to withdraw the pupil from religious observance in schools; and to make provision about circumstances where incompatibility with the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024[a] is not unlawful. | ||||
2026 asp 10 | 14 April 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to formation of contract and remedies for breach of contract; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 11 | 15 April 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to incorporate in Scots law the European Charter of Local Self-Government[b], and for connected purposes. | ||||
2026 asp 12 | 16 April 2026 | |||
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the nature of certain digital assets as objects of property in Scots law; and for connected purposes. | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ Scotland Act 1998, 1998 c. 46, s. 28.
- ↑ 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).