(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.