Application of the 2011 Regulations to pre-commencement instruments
7.—(1) Regulations 4, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of the 2011 Regulations apply to a pre-commencement instrument as they apply to a Scottish statutory instrument within the meaning of section 27 of the Act subject to the modifications set out in paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) References in regulations 4 and 8 to the number assigned to an instrument under regulation 3 are to be read as reference to the number assigned to the pre-commencement instrument in accordance with article 5(2) of the 1999 Statutory Instruments Order.
(3) References in regulation 8 to an instrument being published under regulation 6 are to be read as references to a copy of the pre-commencement instrument being first published on a website by the Queen’s Printer.
(4) The reference in regulation 9 to an instrument being printed under regulation 7 is to be read as a reference to the pre-commencement instrument being printed in compliance with the requirements of article 7(1) of the 1999 Statutory Instruments Order.