2019 No. 308 (C. 13)

Enterprise

The South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2019
Made
26th September 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
30th September 2019
Coming into force
16th October 2019
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23(1) and 24(2) and (3) of the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 .

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 16 October 2019.
2
In these Regulations “the Act” means the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019.

Appointed day
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act shown in column 1 of the following table (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of the table) is 16 October 2019, but, where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in relation to a provision in column 1, that provision comes into force only for that purpose—
Column 1 Provision | Column 2 Subject matter | Column 3 Purpose
Section 1 | South of Scotland Enterprise |
Section 2 | People constituting body and staff |
Section 3 | Exclusion of Crown status |
Section 4 | Applicants on public bodies legislation |
Section 8(1) | General powers | For the limited purpose of enabling South of Scotland Enterprise to enter into contracts and to acquire and dispose of land and other property.
Section 8(2)(a) and (b) | General powers |
Section 8(3) | General powers | For the limited purpose of enabling South of Scotland Enterprise to enter into contracts and to acquire and dispose of land and other property.
Section 9 | Headquarters |
Section 13 | Authority to perform functions |
Section 14 | Validity of things done |
Section 15 | Accounts and audit |
Section 16 | Annual report |
Section 17 | Direction | For the limited purpose of issuing a direction in accordance with section 9
Section 19 | Financial assistance |
Section 20(2) | Transfer of property and liabilities |
Section 21 | Meaning of South of Scotland |
Schedule 1 | Members and staff |
Schedule 2 | Application of public bodies legislation |
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1
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 20(1) of the Act is 1 June 2020.
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of all provisions of the Act other than section 20(1) which are not already commenced for all purposes by virtue of regulation 2 or in accordance with section 24(1) of the Act, is 1 April 2020.

Transitional provision
4
Section 8(1)(b) of the Act will not apply until there is in existence an action plan made under section 6(1)(a) of that Act.
FERGUS EWING
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force certain provisions only of the Act on 16 October 2019, with some provisions commenced for limited purposes. This enables some preliminary work to be carried out by South of Scotland Enterprise (“the body”). The relevant provisions of the Act commenced on 16 October 2019 are detailed in the following four paragraphs.
Section 1 establishes the body as a body corporate. Section 2 provides for the people who constitute the body and its staff. Schedule 1, introduced by section 2, makes provision for the members and staff of the body, including appointments.
Section 3 gives the status of the body and section 4 applies the public bodies legislation to the body. Schedule 2 amends various pieces of public bodies legislation.
Section 8 sets out the general powers of the body but it is commenced for the limited purpose of enabling it to enter into contracts and to acquire and dispose of land and other property.
Section 9 allows Scottish Ministers to specify in a direction where the headquarters of the body will be. Section 17 gives Ministers the power to issue directions and is commenced to enable the exercise of the power under section 9.
Section 13 covers who the body may authorise to carry out its functions.
Section 14 deals with validity of things done by the body and sections 15 and 16 provide for keeping records and having accounts.
Section 19 enables Scottish Ministers to give financial assistance to the body.
Section 20(2) gives Scottish Ministers the power to make regulations identifying the property and liabilities of Scottish Enterprise which are to transfer to the body.
Regulation 3 brings into force all provisions of the Act, not otherwise already commenced or commenced for all purposes, on 1 April 2020.
Regulation 4 makes a transitional provision disapplying section 8(1)(b) of the Act until such time there is in existence an action plan made under section 6(1)(a) of the Act. Section 8(1)(b) of the Act obliges the body to carry out its functions in a manner that appears to it to be consistent with its action plan made under section 6(1)(a) of the Act.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 12 July 2019. Sections 22 to 25 came into force on the following day.
2019 asp 9.
Reg. 1 in force at 16.10.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Reg. 2 in force at 16.10.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Reg. 4 in force at 16.10.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Reg. 3 substituted (31.3.2020) by The South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/85), regs. 1, 2