Part 3General
14Crown application
This Act binds the Crown acting in its capacity as a creditor.
15Ancillary provision
1
The Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument make—
a
such supplemental, incidental or consequential provision as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act,
b
such provision as they consider necessary or expedient for transitory, transitional or saving purposes in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.
2
An order under subsection (1) may modify any enactment.
3
No order under subsection (1)(a) is to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
4
A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (1)(b) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
16Definitions
In this Act—
“the 1894 Act” means the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Act 1894 (c. 44),
“the 1970 Act” means the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35),
“the 1985 Act” means the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66).
17Short title and commencement
1
This Act may be cited as the Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010.
2
This Part comes into force on Royal Assent.
3
The remaining provisions come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
4
An order under subsection (3) may appoint different days for different provisions.