Section 47: Commencement
154.Section 47 deals with when the Act’s provisions come into effect as a matter of law.
155.Sections 42, 45, 46, 47 and 48 came into effect automatically the day after the day that the Bill for the Act received Royal Assent (so on 17 January 2024). The process by which a Bill becomes an Act of the Scottish Parliament is set out in section 28 of the Scotland Act 1998.
156.The rest of the Act’s provisions take effect 6 months after Royal Assent – so on 16 July 2024 (unless brought into force earlier by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 47(2)(b)).
