Valid from 31/01/2012
(1)Schedule 5 contains minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments specified in schedule 6, which include enactments that are spent, are repealed to the extent specified.
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision of this Act.
(2)An order under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this Act).
(3)An order under this section containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act is subject to the affirmative procedure.
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order make 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 (including this Act).
(1)This Act may be cited as the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
(2)The provisions of this Act, other than sections 193 to 202, 204, 205 and this section, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.
(3)An order under subsection (2) may contain transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of this Act.