The Act
Overview
Part 3: General provisions
Section 24: Commencement
112.This section sets out when the provisions of the Act will come into force (i.e. take effect).
113.The final sections, including the commencement section, will come into force automatically on the day after the Bill for the Act receives Royal Assent. The other provisions will be commenced in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under this section. Except that the Scottish Ministers may not bring section 3 (offence of providing a non-surgical procedure outwith permitted premises) into force before 6 September 2027 (see subsection (4)) which is the date on which the licensing regime under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/87) is due to come into force.
114.Regulations under this section may make transitional, transitory or saving provision (see subsection (3)). Regulations under this section will, unless exercised in conjunction with powers under other sections, be laid before the Scottish Parliament but will not be subject to any parliamentary procedure (see section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).
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