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Section 44: The Scottish Government.

Scotland Act 1998 · 1998 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: The Scottish Administration

There shall be a Scottish Government, whose members shall be—

the First Minister,
such Ministers as the First Minister may appoint under section 47, and
the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland.

The members of the Scottish Government are referred to collectively as the Scottish Ministers.

A person who holds a Ministerial office may not be appointed a member of the Scottish Government ; and if a member of the Scottish Government is appointed to a Ministerial office he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Scottish Government.

In subsection (3), references to a member of the Scottish Government include a junior Scottish Minister and "Ministerial office" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

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