Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te Paremata o Kōti te whare ture ā-motu, ā-kōti o Kōti. I whai ake i te pōtitanga o tētahi kāwanatanga mahi i te pōtitanga whānui o te United Kingdom i te tau 1997, ko te Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997, nāna i whakatakoto te ture mō te pōtitanga o te tau 1997 o Scotland.
, he pooti i runga i te whakatū i tētahi Pāremata Pirihimana. I whakaae te 74.3% o nga kaipōti ki te whakatūnga o te Pāremata, ā, i whakaae te 63.5% kia whai mana ā-ture tāke, ko te tikanga ka taea e ia te whakatika i ngā tāke moni tae atu ki te 3%. I whakatūria te Pāremata e te Scotland Act 1998.