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