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What would happen if Berwick finished in the top 4 of the SPL- would they get denied a European spot because they are an English team? (or is that possibility so far beyond remote that no one bothered to make a ruling? )
This from Wiki:
Only Welsh teams (since the mid-1990s, only teams in the Welsh pyramid) can progress to the UEFA Cup through winning the Welsh Cup.
I couldn't find anything which said Welsh teams playing in the English League couldn't qualify for European competition via the same routes as other (English) teams in the League, but I imagine if it were so, it would be fiercely argued that as this would be their only route it would be unfair to block them.
Common sense would suggest this is the only sensible way to resolve this. However, if it were up to UEFA ....