1. This Order may be cited as the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2006.
2. In this Order–
“the Act” means the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005; and
“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1).
3. The days appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act are:–
(a)7th March 2006 for the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order but, where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that provision, that provision shall only come into force for the purpose specified in that column; and
(b)1st April 2006 for the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, but, where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that provision, that provision shall only come into force for the purpose specified in that column.
LEWIS MACDONALD
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th March 2006