Part 3Final provisions
47Ancillary provision
(1)
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it.
(2)
Regulations under this section may—
(a)
make different provision for different purposes and different areas (including different parts of the area of an education authority),
(b)
modify any enactment (including this Act).
(3)
Regulations under this section—
(a)
are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act, but
(b)
otherwise are subject to the negative procedure.
(4)
In this section and section 48 the following expressions have the meanings given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980—
“area,” in relation to an education authority,
“education authority”.
48Commencement
(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 this section may—
(a)
include transitional, transitory or saving provision,
(b)
make different provision for different purposes and different areas (including different parts of the area of an education authority).
49Short title
The short title of this Act is the Scottish Languages Act 2025.