Final provisions
Section 22 – Commencement
64.This section sets out when the provisions of the Act will come into force (i.e. begin to have effect). Sections 21 to 23 will come into force automatically on the day after Royal Assent is granted. However, for the most part, commencement will take place on the date or dates specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations. These regulations will be laid before the Scottish Parliament but will not otherwise be subject to any parliamentary procedure (see section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).
65.In addition, this section provides that commencement regulations may include transitional, transitory or saving provision and may make different provision for different purposes. In particular, this allows different sections of the Act to be commenced on different days.
See the glossary in the Policy Memorandum for definition of terms.
