Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2000 and, except for paragraph 23 in Part II of the Schedule, shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.
(2) Paragraph 23 in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the day following that on which the rest of this Order comes into force.
Amendments and repeals
2.—(1) Parts I and II of the Schedule to this Order (which contain modifications of pre-commencement enactments, and transitional and saving provisions in connection therewith) shall have effect.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Part III of the Schedule are repealed to the extent specified in that Part of the Schedule.
Saving
3. Nothing in this Order prejudices the general operation of the modifications in sections 117 to 122 of the Scotland Act 1998.
JOHN REID
Secretary of State for Scotland
Dover House,
London
26th July 2000