(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—
(a)amend section 229 so as to provide further categories of persons who, for the purposes of this Act, are to be associates of other persons, and
(b)provide that any or all of subsections (4) to (15) of that section (or any subsection added to that section by virtue of paragraph (a))—
(i)is to cease to apply, whether in whole or in part, or
(ii)is to apply subject to such modifications as they may specify in the regulations.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may in the regulations make such incidental or transitional provision as they consider appropriate.