General modifications of enactments7
1
Section 117 of the Scotland Act 1998 (general modifications of enactments: Ministers of the Crown) applies in relation to the exercise of functions by the Scottish Ministers by virtue of article 5 as it applies in relation to the exercise of functions by the Scottish Ministers within devolved competence.
2
In the application of that section by virtue of this article, the reference in it to a pre-commencement enactment is to be read as a reference to any enactment.