Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707

Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for rendring the Union of the Two Kingdoms more intire and complete.
Citation	6 Ann. c. 40; 6 Ann. c. 6;
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland;
Dates
Royal assent	13 February 1708
Commencement	23 October 1707
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867; Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925; Representation of the People Act 1949;
Relates to	Acts of Union 1707
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 (6 Ann. . c. 40)^[f] is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is chapter VI in the common printed editions.^[1]

The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[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.

Subsequent developments

Section 4 of the act was repealed by the schedule to the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5.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Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 175 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Representation of the People Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68).

Section 6 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59 ).

^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm
^ This is the citation in The Statutes at Large
^ Preamble.
^ Start of session.
^ This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm.

^ Legislation.gov.uk. "Introduction". Note XI.
^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 78, read with pages viii and x.

Text of the Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.