Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024

Part 8 Final provisions

35 Ancillary provision

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this Act).

(3) Regulations under subsection (1)—

(a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act (including this Act),

(b) otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure.

36 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “1989 Act” means the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989,

• “1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995,

• “2010 Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,

• “2011 Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011,

• “2016 Act” means the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.

37 Modification of enactments

The schedule makes further modifications of enactments in consequence of this Act.

38 Commencement

(1) This section and sections 35, 36 and 39 come into force on the day after Royal Assent.

(2) Section 33 comes into force on whichever is the later of—

(a) the day after Royal Assent,

(b) 16 July 2024.

(3) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.

(4) Regulations under subsection (3) may—

(a) include transitional, transitory or saving provision,

(b) make different provision for different purposes.

39 Short title

The short title of this Act is the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024.