Scottish Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 47 (C. 4)
Police
The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provision) Order 2013
Made 12th February 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th February 2013
Coming into force 15th February 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 129(2) and (3) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
2012 asp 8.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provision) Order 2013 and comes into force on 15th February 2013.

Appointed day
2. 15th February 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 33(15) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (minor and consequential amendments).

Transitory provision
3. Until 1st April 2013, paragraph 33(15)(b) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 is to be read as if the words “or paragraph 7A(8) or 7B(4) of schedule 4” were omitted.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th February 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 15th February 2013 paragraph 33(15) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2013 which amends section 103(4)(a) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Article 3 makes transitory provision so that until 1st April 2013 the text to be inserted into the 2006 Act is only to be read as relating to regulations under section 41D(1) of that Act.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
Provision	Date of commencement	S.S.I.No.
Section 2(1)(b)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 3(1)(c) and (2)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 5	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 11(1) to (4)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 15(1) (partially)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 15(3) and (4)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 17(2)(c) (partially)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 17(2)(d)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 24(1), (2)(a), (3) to (5)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Sections 26	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 27	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 32	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 33	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 34(1) to (7)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 35	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 36	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 41	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 42(1)(b) and (2) to (7)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 43	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 48	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 49	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 50	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 51	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 52	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 53	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 54	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 55	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 56(3)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 64	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 66	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 74(2)(b)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 75(1), (3) and (4)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 76	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 77	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 79	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 80	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 81(1)(b), (2) and (3)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 85	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 87	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 98(1) to (3)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 98(5)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 100	1st October 2012	2012/333
Section 114 (partially)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 118	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 119 (partially)	1st January 2013	2012/333
Section 121	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 122(1) and (2)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Section 128(1) (partially)	1st October 2012	2012/253
Schedule 3	1st October 2012	2012/253
Schedule 5	1st October 2012	2012/253
Schedule 6	1st October 2012	2012/253
Schedule 7 (partially)	1st October 2012	2012/253
	1st January 2013	2012/333