Part 4

General

Interpretation
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In this Act—
- “the 1953 Act” means the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 (c.49),
- “the 1979 Act” means the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c.46),
- “the 1997 Act” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.9).

Ancillary provision
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1
The Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument make such supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving 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.
2
The provision which can be made under subsection (1) includes provision amending or repealing any enactment (including any enactment comprised in this Act) or any other instrument.
3
An order under this section may make different provision for different purposes.
4
Subject to subsection (5), a statutory instrument containing an order under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
5
A statutory instrument containing an order under this section which adds to, replaces or omits any part of the text of an Act is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Parliament.

Short title and commencement
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1
This Act may be cited as the Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011.
2
The provisions of this Act, except sections 31, 32 and this section, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
3
Different days may be appointed under subsection (2) for different purposes.