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PART IGENERAL AND COMMENCEMENT

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009;

“the appointed day” means 26th November 2009; and

“the 1970 Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970(1).

Appointed day

2.  The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule come into force on the appointed day, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 2 of the Schedule that provision comes into force on the appointed day only for that purpose.