The Scotland Bill was put before the British Parliament in January 1998 and became law as the  Scotland Act  in November 1998.
The bill had to go through a lot of intensive reviews and approvals before finally becoming a law. 
mnli hypothesis: The bill had to go through a lot of intensive reviews and approvals before finally becoming a law.  premise: The Scotland Bill was put before the British Parliament in January 1998 and became law as the  Scotland Act  in November 1998.