PART 9

Final provisions

Commencement
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1
This Part comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
2
The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.
3
Regulations under subsection (2) may include transitional, transitory or saving provision.
4
Regulations under subsection (2) appointing the day that section 1 is to come into force may—
a
amend the following enactments so that, instead of referring to the day on which section 1 comes into force, they specify the date that section 1 actually comes into force—
i
section 12(1A) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,
ii
section 31A(1)(a) of that Act,
iii
section 3B(1)(a) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984, and
b
repeal section 8(5) on the day that section 1 comes into force.