2014 No. 231 (C. 21)
Public Health
Social Care

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2014

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 72(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 20141.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2014 and comes into force on 22nd September 2014.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Art. 1 in force at 22.9.2014, see art. 1(1)

Days appointed2.

The day appointed for the coming into force of Part 1 (in so far as it is not already in force) and sections 62, 63, 66, 67 and 71(5) and (7) of the Act is 22nd September 2014.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I2Art. 2 in force at 22.9.2014, see art. 1(1)

F12A.

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 65 of the Act is 25th February 2015.

3.

The day appointed for the coming into force of F2section 71(1) to (4) and (6) of the Act is 1st April 2015.

ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints days for provisions of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”) to come into force.

Article 2 appoints 22nd September 2014 as the day on which the provisions of Parts 1 to 3 of the Act, other than those which have already come into force or which will come into force in accordance with article 3, come into force. Article 3 appoints 1st April 2015 as the day on which sections 65 and 71(1) to (4) and (6) of the Act come into force.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 1st April 2014. Sections 1(3) to (16), 5, 49, 68 to 70, 72 and 73 came into force the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.S.I.No.

Section 64

25th July 2014

2014/202