Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for rendring the Union of the Two Kingdoms more intire and complete. |
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| Citation | |
| Territorial extent | [d] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 February 1708 |
| Commencement | 23 October 1707[e] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Relates to | Acts of Union 1707 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 (6 Ann. . c. 40)[b] is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is chapter VI in the common printed editions.[1]
As of 2026[update], the act is partly in force in Great Britain.[2]
It united the English and Scottish Privy Councils and decentralised Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to carry out administration. In effect it took the day-to-day government of Scotland out of the hands of politicians and into those of the College of Justice.
Section 5 from " and the said several Sheriffs " to end of that section, and section 6, of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 July 1867[3].
Section 4 of the act was repealed by the schedule to the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 81 .
Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 175(1) of, and the ninth schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68), which came into force on 3 April 150.[4]
