# Scotland (United Kingdom)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Scotland
- **ISO code**: GB-SCT
- **Type**: region
- **Region**: Europe

## In brief

Scotland (United Kingdom) has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding. Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened. Scotland is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside UK's national rules.

## Overview

Scotland is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside UK's national rules. On record: Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2031; Scottish AI Register. This page was added in the October 2026 sub-national research round; see each instrument for what it requires.

## Regulatory status

Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2031; Scottish AI Register.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Read these alongside UK's national rules, which apply as well.

## Official sources

- Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2031 — Scottish Government — https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-ai-strategy-2026-2031/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2031** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uk-scotland-ai-strategy-2026-2031
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uk-scotland-ai-strategy-2026-2031.md
- **Scottish AI Register** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uk-scottish-ai-register
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uk-scottish-ai-register.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/uk-scotland
- **Official source**: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-ai-strategy-2026-2031/
- **Source document**: Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2031
- **Published by**: Scottish Government
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-21
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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