HC Deb 24 November 1983 vol 49 cc254-6W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will list the Acts of the Scottish Parliaments prior to the Act of Union which still remain, in whole or in part, on the statute book.

The Solicitor-General for Scotland

The following public and general Scottish Acts from the period prior to the coming into effect of the Union with Scotland Act 1706 c.11—that is, prior to 1 May 1707—are still extant:

1. The Royal Mines Act 1424 c.13
2. The Innkeepers Act 1424 c.25
3. The Lawburrows Act 1429 c.20
4. The Leases Act 1449 c.6
5. The Reversion Act 1469 c.3
6. The Diligence Act 1469 c.12
7. The Tutors Act 1474 c.6
8. The Royal Burghs Act 1487 c.17
9. The Liferent Caution Act 1491 c.6
10. The Leases Act 1491 c.7
11. The Common Good Act 1491 c.19
12. The Diligence Act 1503 c.45
13. The College of Justice Act 1532 c.2
14. The Liferent Caution Act 1535 c.14
15. The Citation Act 1540 c.10*
16. The College of Justice Act 1540 c.10†
17. The Subscription of Deeds Act 1540 c.37
18. The Lands Redemption Act 1555 c.3
19. The Citation Act 1555 c.6

20. The Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560 C.1
21. The Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560 c.2
22. The Coronation Oath Act 1567 c.8
23. The Church Jurisdiction Act 1567 c.12
24. The Incest Act 1567 c.15
25. The Burghs Act 1578 c.11
26. The Church Act 1579 c.6
27. The Church Jurisdiction Act 1579 c.7
28. The Sunday Act 1579 c.8
29. The Registration Act 1579 c.13
30. The Criminal Letters Act 1579 c.16
31. The Subscription of Deeds Act 1579 c.18
32. The Hornings Act 1579 c.45
33. The Lawburrows Act 1581 c.22
34. The Breach of Arrestment Act 1581 c.23
35. The Convention of Burghs Act 1581 c.26
36. The Sovereignty Act 1584 c.2
37. The Unlawful Jurisdictions Act 1584 c.4
38. The Disqualification of Ministers Act 1584 c.6
39. The Execution of Decrees Act 1584 c.15
40. The Decrees in Absence Act 1584 c.10
41. The Curators Act 1585 c.25
42. The Officers of Arms Act 1587 c.30
43. The Tolls Act 1587 c.37
44. The Criminal Justice Act 1587 c.57
45. The Burghs Act 1587 c.114
46. The General Assembly Act 1592 c.8
47. The Lyon King of Arms Act 1592 c.29
48. The Mines and Metals Act 1592 c.31
49. The Citation Act 1592 c.59
50. The Compensation Act 1592 c.61
51. The Expenses Act 1592 c.62
52. The Deforcement Act 1592 c.72
53. The Hornings Act 1593 c.34
54. The Declinature Act 1594 c.22
55. The Land Purchase Act 1594 c.26
56. The Ejection Caution Act 1594 c.27
57. The Parricide Act 1594 c.30
58. The Kirk Dykes Act 1597 c.3
59. The Feu-Duty Act 1597 c.17
60. The Lawburrows Act 1597 c.40
61. The Hornings Act 1600 c.22
62. The Crown Proceedings Act 1600 c.23
63. The Sovereignty Act 1606 c.1
64. The Theft Act 1607 c.6
65. The Convention of Burghs Act 1607 c.13
66. The Executors Act 1617 c.14
67. The Registration Act 1617 c.16
68. The Arrestments Act 1617 c.17
69. The Diligence Act 1621 c.6
70. The Adjudication Act 1621 c.7
71. The Bankruptcy Act 1621 c.18
72. The Hornings Act 1621 c.20
73. The Sovereignty Act 1633 c.3
74. The Crown Appointments Act 1661 c.6
75. The Parliament Act 1661 c.7
76. The Prerogative Act 1661 c.13
77. The Messengers of Arms Act 1661 c.47
78. The Precedence Act 1661 c.211
79. The Poinding Act 1661 c.218
80. The Registration Act 1661 c.243
81. The Bonds Act 1661 c.244
82. The Redemptions Act 1661 c.247
83. The Sunday Act 1661 c.281
84. The Arrestments Act 1661 c.283
85. The March Dykes Act 1661 c.284
86. The Diligence Act 1661 c.344
87. The Minority Act 1663 c.4
88. The Poinding Act 1669 c.5
89. The March Dykes Act 1669 c.38.
90. The Lyon King of Arms Act 1669 c.95
91. The Tutors and Curators Act 1672 c.2
92. The Summons Execution Act 1672 c.6
93. The Writs Act 1672 c.16
94. The Ann Act 1672 c.24
95. The Courts Act 1672 c.40
96. The Adjudications Act 1672 c.45
97. The Lyon King of Arms Act 1672 c.47
98. The Subscription of Deeds Act 1681 c.5

99. The Declinature Act 1681 c.79
100. The Oaths of Minors Act 1681 c.85
101. The Bills of Exchange Act 1681 c.86
102. The Entail Act 1685 c.26
103. The Interlocutors Act 1686 c.4
104. The Citation Act 1686 c.5
105. The Winter Herding Act 1686 c.21
106. The Evidence Act 1686 c.30
107. The Claim of Right 1689 c.28
108. The Prelacy Act 1689 c.4
109. The Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1690 c.7
110. The Confirmation Act 1690 c.56
111. The Udal Tenure Act 1690 c.61
112. The Teinds Act 1690 c.63
113. The Citation Act 1693 c.21
114. The Real Rights Act 1693 c.22
115. The Register of Sasines Act 1693 c.23
116. The Registration Act 1693 c.24
117. The Interlocutors Act 1693 c.31
118. The Ministers Act 1693 c.38
119. The Removings Act 1693 c.40
120. The Court of Session Act 1693 c.42
121. The Runrig Lands Act 1695 c.51
122. The Division of Commonties Act 1695 c.69
123 The Confirmation Act 1695 c.72
124. The Bankruptcy Act 1696 c.5
125. The Tutors and Curators Act 1696 c.8
126. The Deeds Act 1696 c.15
127. The Vitious Intromitters Act 1696 c.20
128. The Blank Bonds and Trusts Act 1696 c.25
129. The Salmon Act 1696 c.35
130. The Inland Bills Act 1696 c.38
131. The Registration Act 1696 c.41
132. The Registration Act 1698 c.4
133. The Criminal Procedure Act 1700 c.6
134. The Fisheries Act 1705 c.48
135. The Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1706 c.6
136. The Union with England Act 1706 c.7
137. The Election Act 1707 c.8
* December 3
† March 14