This Act may be cited as the Contract (Scotland) Act 1997.

This Act shall come into force at the end of that period of three months which begins with the day on which the Act is passed.

Section 1 of this Act applies only for the purposes of proceedings commenced on or after, and sections 2 and 3 only as respects contracts entered into on or after, the date on which this Act comes into force.

This Act extends to Scotland only.