4Commencement

(1)

This section and sections 3 and 5 come into force on the day after Royal Assent.

(2)

Sections 1 and 2 come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, appoint.

(3)

Regulations under subsection (2) may—

(a)

include transitional, transitory or saving provision,

(b)

make different provision for different purposes, including different provision for—

(i)

different descriptions of pupil,

(ii)

different descriptions of school,

(iii)

different education authorities or grant-aided schools.

(4)

The Scottish Ministers must make regulations under subsection (2) no later than 30 September 2027.