This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 3) Order 2006 and, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), shall come into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

This article and articles 3(1), (3), (4) and (5) and 5(4), (5) and (6) shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

Article 2, so far as it relates to functions under the 1988 Act and the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 20052, and article 3(2) shall come into force twenty one days after the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 20063 is laid before Parliament.

In this Order–

• “the 1988 Act” means the Social Security Act 19884;

• “the 1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 19895; and

• “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.