Acts of the Scottish Parliament
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| { { |Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|2|01-02-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to assault or impede persons who provide emergency services; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|3|17-03-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Water Industry Commission for Scotland; to create offences in relation to the unauthorised use of the public water and sewerage systems; to provide for licensing the provision of certain water and sewerage services; to amend the system for fixing charges for services provided by Scottish Water; to make provision as to Scottish Water's functions; to make provision in relation to coal mine water pollution; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Budget (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|4|17-03-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2005/06, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund and for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies; to make provision, for financial year 2006/07, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Fire (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|5|01-04-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards; to restate and amend the law in relation to fire services; to make provision in relation to the functions of such authorities and boards in connection with certain events and situations other than fires; to make provision for implementing in part Council Directives 89/391/EEC, 89/654/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and 99/92/EC; to make other provision in relation to fire safety in certain premises; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|6|01-06-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision establishing the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and provision as to its functions; to make provision as to support for further and higher education; to make provision relating to bodies which provide further and higher education; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|7|01-06-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a body having functions exercisable with a view to securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language, including the functions of preparing a national Gaelic language plan, of requiring certain public authorities to prepare and publish Gaelic language plans in connection with the exercise of their functions and to maintain and implement such plans, and of issuing guidance in relation to Gaelic education.}} |- | { { |Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|8|01-07-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to female genital mutilation and to provide for extra-territorial effect; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|9|12-07-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to meet a child following certain preliminary contact and to make other provision for the purposes of protecting children from harm of a sexual nature, including provision for implementing in part Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA; and to make further provision about the prevention of sexual offences.}} |- | { { |Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|10|14-07-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about charities and other benevolent bodies; to make provision about fundraising in connection with charities and other benevolent bodies; to amend the law in relation to the investment powers of trustees; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Baird Trust Reorganisation Act 2005|asp|11|19-07-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to transfer the property, rights, interests and liabilities of The Baird Trust to a successor company limited by guarantee and to dissolve The Baird Trust; and for connected purposes.}} |- | { { |Transport (Scotland) Act 2005|asp|12|05-08-2005|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the setting up and functions of new transport bodies and to enable the Scottish M