The Supreme Court and devolution: the Scottish Continuity Bill reference
The Supreme Court and devolution: the Scottish Continuity Bill reference
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最高法院和权力下放：苏格兰连续性法案参考
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2019
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A. Mcharg
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C. McCorkindale;A. Mcharg
苏格兰连续性法案参考-英国和苏格兰政府之间的第一个立法权限争端到达法院-发生在现在的《2018年欧盟（退出）法案》（“退出法案”）旷日持久的政治斗争的背景下。该法令规管英国退出欧洲联盟（“脱欧”）的国内后果，包括：规定欧盟法律在脱欧后的延续性（“保留的欧盟法律”）;赋权部长调整法规，以处理脱欧所产生的不足之处;以及根据欧盟“遣返”决策权的情况，调整移交权限的范围。苏格兰议会对当时的《退出法案》影响权力下放的方式感到不满，因此拒绝按照《休厄尔公约》的要求给予立法同意。假设这将意味着退出法案将被修改，以便不适用于苏格兰的移交事务，苏格兰议会打算通过颁布自己的脱欧立法来填补由此产生的空白。因此，《英国退出欧洲联盟（法律的连续性）（苏格兰）法案》（“苏格兰连续性法案”）规定，欧盟法律在退出日之后对移交事项仍然有效（“保留（移交）欧盟法律”），并赋予苏格兰大臣权力，根据英国退欧调整移交法规。在这样做时，它在很大程度上反映了《退出法案》的规定，但有一些重要的区别。结果，《退出法案》没有得到修正，而且--这是另一个宪法上的第一次--尽管霍利鲁德拒绝同意，它还是适用于苏格兰的移交事务。
The Scottish Continuity Bill reference – the first legislative competence dispute between the UK and Scottish Governments to reach the courts – took place against the background of a protracted political battle over what is now the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“the Withdrawal Act”). That Act regulates the domestic consequences of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (“Brexit”) by: providing for the continuity of EU law post-Brexit (“retained EU law”); empowering ministers to adjust the statute book to deal with deficiencies arising from Brexit; and adjusting the scope of devolved competences in light of the “repatriation” of decision-making powers from the EU. Unhappy with the way in which the then Withdrawal Bill affected devolved competences, the Scottish Parliament withheld its legislative consent, as was required under the Sewel Convention. On the assumption that this would mean that the Withdrawal Bill would be amended so as not to apply to devolved matters in Scotland, the Scottish Parliament intended to fill the resulting lacuna by enacting its own Brexit legislation. The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (the “Scottish Continuity Bill”) thus provided for EU law to remain in effect in relation to devolved matters after exit day (“retained (devolved) EU law”), and gave the Scottish Ministers powers to adjust the devolved statute book in the light of Brexit. In so doing, it largely mirrored the provisions of the Withdrawal Bill, but with some important differences. In the event, the Withdrawal Bill was not amended, and – in another constitutional first – it was applied to devolved matters in Scotland despite Holyrood’s refusal of consent.