Scottish Government ‘outside legal scope with new Gender Representation Act’ For Women Scotland say the Scottish Government is overstepping (Jane Barlow/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A group has sought a judicial review of a new Act, which aims to give public boards in Scotland 50/50 gender representation. For Women Scotland (FWS) have brought the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 under review at a hearing on Thursday, claiming that the Act was outside the legislative competency of the Scottish Parliament.