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ANNEX A
DEVOLVED MATTERS
- Criminal law and procedure (except for offences created in statute law relating to reserved matters, including drugs and firearms)
- Crime reduction policy
- Civil law (except in relation to matters which are reserved)
- Electoral law in relation to local government elections (except the franchise)
- The criminal justice and prosecution system
- The civil and criminal courts
- Youth justice issues, including the system of children's hearings and supervision requirements for young people
- Measures to prevent unsuitable adults working with children and young people
- Parole, the release of life sentence prisoners and alleged miscarriages of justice
- Prisons and the treatment of offenders
- Mentally disordered offenders
- The police and fire services, including general fire safety
- Civil defence (and emergency planning)
- Social work services to the criminal justice system (supervision of offenders in the community, community sentences)
- Voluntary sector and volunteering issues
- Family policy
- Encouragement of equal opportunities
- Victims issues
- Functions under various international legal agreements in devolved areas
- Liquor licensing
- Matters relating to theatre licensing (sections 12-14 of the Theatres Act 1968)
- Matters relating to health and safety in cinemas (section 4 of the Cinemas Act 1985)
- Protection of animals (except scientific procedures on live animals), including protection against cruelty to domestic and captive wild animals, controlling dangerous wild animals and game
- Dangerous dogs
- Royal Prerogative in relation to devolved matters
- Religion
- Hypnotism Act 1952
- Public access to information held by the Scottish Parliament; any part of the Scottish Administration; the Parliamentary corporation; or any Scottish public authority with mixed or no reserved functions, unless supplied by a Minister of the Crown or government department and held in confidence. 12
1 Access to all other information held by public bodies or holders of public offices is a reserved matter (see Annex B).
2 This will be achieved by an Order under section 30(2) of the Scotland Act 1998, amending schedule 5 to that Act.
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