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The Scottish Ministers must publish, in such manner as they think fit, any guidance issued by them relating to Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, Part 8, Part 9 or Part 10.
(1)Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make an order or regulations under this Act includes a power to make—
(a)different provision for different purposes,
(b)incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or transitory provision or savings.
(2)An order under—
(a)section 21(2) or (3), 78(2) or (3), 85(2)(c) or 112(5) or (6), or
(b)section 143(1) containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act,
is subject to the affirmative procedure.
(3)Regulations under section 4(7), 13(3), 17(1), 99(1) or 139 are subject to the affirmative procedure.
(4)Any other orders and regulations under this Act are subject to the negative procedure.
(5)This section does not apply to—
(a)regulations under section 115(1), or
(b)orders under section 145(2).
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order make such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or transitory provision or savings as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision of this Act.
(2)An order under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act), instrument or document.
(1)Schedule 4 contains minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments mentioned in the first column of schedule 5 (which include enactments that are spent) are repealed to the extent set out in the second column.
Commencement Information
I1S. 144(1) in force at 13.11.2015 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/358, art. 2, Sch.
I2S. 144(1) in force at 15.4.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/399, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)
I3S. 144(1) in force at 20.12.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2016/410, art. 2(a)
I4S. 144(1) in force at 1.4.2018 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2017/458, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)
I5S. 144(2) in force at 15.4.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/399, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)
I6S. 144(2) in force at 20.12.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2016/410, art. 2(b)
(1)This section, sections 141 to 143 and section 146 come into force on the day after Royal Assent.
(2)The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.
(3)An order under subsection (2) may include transitional or transitory provision or savings.
The short title of this Act is the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.
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