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title: "Secretary for Scotland Act 1889"
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# Secretary for Scotland Act 1889

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Secretary for Scotland Act 1889
1889 c.16
An Act to explain the Secretary for Scotland Act 1887.
[5th July 1889]

## 1 Secretary of State for War not affected by 50 & 51 Vict. c. 52. {#section-1}

Nothing in the Secretary for Scotland Act 1887, shall affect or be deemed to have affected any powers, duties, or functions of any of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State as Secretary of State for the War Department.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Act 1889, and this Act and the Secretary for Scotland Act 1885 and 1887, may be cited collectively as the Secretary for Scotland Acts 1885 to 1889.