Transitional and savings provision3
1
Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 3, 4, 5 and 15(1) to (8) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19902 by the coming into force of paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 4 to the Act on 1st April 2006, those provisions of the 1990 Act and the following Regulations and Orders–
a
the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 19923;
b
the Charities (Exemptions from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 19934;
c
the Charities (Exemptions from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 19955;
d
the Charities (Exemption from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 20006;
e
the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 19937;
f
the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 20058,
shall continue to apply to a charity in relation to accounts for a financial year beginning before 1st April 2006.
2
The following provisions of the Act shall not apply to a designated religious body until 1st October 2007–
a
subsections (1) to (6) of section 16 (in so far as those subsections relate to any action set out in subsection (2)(b) to (d) of that section);
b
section 28(3);
c
section 31(4) and (6);
d
section 34(5)(c) to (e);
e
section 69.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a designated religious body which has been designated as a designated religious charity under section 65 of the Act.
4
In this article, “designated religious body” means a body designated as such in either the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 1993 or the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2005, and those Orders and section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 shall continue to apply for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article notwithstanding the repeal of that section.