Following the Scottish national parties storming result in the recent elections, it has been revealed that the snp hope to hold a referendum on independence in 2013. Should the people of scotland vote in favour of independence this will result in scotland no longer being a member of the United Kingdom.
What are the concequences of this to the act of union, would independence render it obsolete or would its contents still be relevant.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independence (link provided by spudy)