1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st August 2017.
2 In these Regulations—
“the 2000 Act” means the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000;
“the 2016 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 2016.
2000 asp 6.

2 Appointed days
1 Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2016 Act specified in column 1 of the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the schedule), is specified in column 3 of the schedule.
2 Where a purpose is specified in column 4 of the schedule, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
JOHN SWINNEY A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd May 2017