(1)This Act may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.
(2)There shall come into force at the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the day of Royal Assent sections 1, 4, 28, 43, 56 to 62, 66, 68 and 69, 74 to 78 and 80(2) of, and schedules 1 and 2 to, this Act; and the other provisions of this Act, except this section, shall come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
(3)Different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(4)An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and such savings as the Scottish Ministers think fit.