Scottish Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 21 (C. 5)
Registers And Records
The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012
Made 25th January 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th January 2012
Coming into force 24th February 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1) of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011.
2011 asp 12.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012 and comes into force on 24th February 2012.

Appointed day
2. 24th February 2012 is the day appointed for sections 1(4) to (6) (record management plans), 2 (authorities to which Part 1 applies), 3 (meaning of “public records”), 8(1) and (2) (model records management plan) and 13 (interpretation) of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 to come into force.
FIONA HYSLOP
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
25th January 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 24th February 2012 certain provisions of Part 1 of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”). The Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011 and Part 3 came into force on that day.
The commencement of the provisions is to enable the Keeper of the Records of Scotland to prepare and consult on draft guidance to authorities to whom Part 1 of the Act will apply and a draft model records management plan, and then issue the guidance and publish the plan in advance of the day when the provisions that oblige authorities to prepare their own records management plans will be brought into force.
This Order also commences section 2 of the Act which enables the Scottish Ministers to amend the schedule to the Act listing the authorities to which Part 1 will apply.