Appointed day2

6th September 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016—

a

section 15 (power to specify requirements about the register);

b

section 20 (power to make further provision about information notices);

c

section 31 (directions to the Commissioner);

d

section 41 (power to make further provision about Parliament’s procedures etc.);

e

section 43 (Parliamentary guidance);

f

section 44 (code of conduct for persons lobbying MSPs);

g

section 45 (public awareness and understanding of Act); and

h

section 49(1) and (3) (application of the Act to trusts: references in Parts 2 and 3 of Act to “person” to be read as references to trustees of a trust).