1999 c. 30. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) as read with section 91(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”) which deemed section 89(1) insofar as it relates to the provisions of paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the 1999 Act to be a pre commencement enactment.
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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 89(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999