The Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force various provisions of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”). The Act received Royal Assent on 9th November 2010. Sections 146 to 150 came into force on the day after that day.

Part 1 and sections 6 to 9, 10(1), 12, 13, 14 (and sections 55 to 57, 62, 63 and paragraph 4 of schedule 8 in so far as they relate to that section), 15, 16, 18 (and sections 55 to 57 and 65 in so far as they relate to that section), 19 to 23 (and section 31 in so far as it relates to section 21(3)), 24 to 30, 44, 45, 47, 59, 67(6) and (7), 76, 78, 119, 125, 128(1)(a)(ii), (1)(b)(i), (2) and (3), 129(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and (2), 130, 131 and 141 to 145 come into force on 1st April 2011 (article 3).

Sections 10(2) to (6), 31, 38, 42, 43, 48 and 49, 51 to 53, 67(1) to (5), 70, 79, 81, 83 and 84, 91 to 93, 95, 100, 102 to 104, 106, 111 and 112, 114, 133 and schedules 1 to 6 and 8 also come into force on 1st April 2011, but for the limited purposes of enabling regulations to be made (article 3).

Sections 134 to 140 come into force on 1st May 2011 (article 4).

Sections 120, 121, 122 and 133 (in so far as it is not already in force) come into force on 1st June 2011 (article 5).

Section 132 comes into force on 30th June 2011.

Sections 126 and 127 come into force on 1st September 2011 (article 7).

The provisions of section 31 of the 1986 Act which are amended or repealed by section 140 of the Act are saved in relation to exclusions from providing legal assistance made before 1st May 2011 (article 8).