138.Section 32(1) provides that the final, framework provisions in Part 6 (namely sections 30, 31, 32 and 33) come into force on the day after Royal Assent. Subsections (2) and (3) of this section confer a power on the Scottish Ministers to, by regulations, appoint the days on which the other provisions of the Act come into force. The regulations may include transitional, transitory or saving provision, and they may also make different provision for different purposes.
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