Nicola Sturgeon instructed the Lord Advocate, Scotland's highest legal officer, to refer the case to the court in London in an attempt to break the constitutional log-jam.
Judges on the UK Supreme Court will deliver their verdict on whether the Scottish Parliament can hold a second independence referendum without prior approval from the UK Government.
Earlier this year the FM told MSPs that the vote would be "consultative, not self-executing, and would seek to ascertain the views of the Scottish people for or against independence". What is a Section 30 order? A Section 30 order effectively loans powers to the Scottish Parliament from Westminster and was the mechanism used ahead of the 2014 independence referendum.
What if the court refuses to rule? The Supreme Court judges could announce they cannot at this stage make a ruling either way - a decision that would frustrate both sides of the Scottish independence debate. Application is too early Another possible outcome from the Supreme Court could be the judges rule the application by the Scottish Government is too early to cast judgement on because the Bill is still in draft form.
A ruling in her favour would allow the Bill to be put through Holyrood to allow a vote to take place in October next year.
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