Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Bodies
Police
Criminal Procedure
Made
20th August 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
24th August 2020
Coming into force
1st December 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(2) and (4) of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 December 2020.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020.
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act, so far as not already in force, is 1 December 2020.
3. In section 28(6)(a) of the Act for “1 April next following the coming into force of this section” substitute “1 December 2021”.
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th August 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Bill for the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 20 April 2020. Sections 37, 38, 40 and 41 came into force on the following day. Regulations 1 and 2 bring the remaining provisions of the Act into force on 1 December 2020.
Regulation 3 amends section 28(6)(a) of the Act so that the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is required to lay the first strategic plan before the Scottish Parliament by 1 December 2021.