Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Whai muri i te pōtitanga i te tau 1997
, i pōti ai te hunga pōti o Kōti mō te whakawātea, i whakaahuatia ngā mana o te kaunihera whakawātea e te Scotland Act 1998. Ka whakaahuatia e te Ture te mana ture o te Pāremata <unk> ngā wāhi e taea ai e ia te hanga ture <unk> mā te tautuhi mārama i ngā mana e "whakahoki" ana ki te Pāremata o te United Kingdom. Kei te Pāremata o Kōti te mana ki te whakatū ture i ngā wāhi katoa kāore i te āhei ki Westminster. Kei te noho tonu te Paremata o te UK ki te whakarereke i nga tikanga tohutoro o te Paremata o Scotland, a ka taea te whakawhānui, te whakaiti ranei i nga waahanga ka taea e ia te hanga ture. I tū te hui tuatahi o te Pāremata hou i te 12 o Mei 1999.