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Scotland Act 2016

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Commencement of the provisions of this Act is specified in section 72. Sections 1, 36(1), (5), (6) and (9) to (12) and Part 7 of the Act came into force on the day on which this Act was passed. The other provisions of section 36 come into force on the date specified under section 90B(20) of the 1998 Act. The remainder of the provisions will come into force either 2 months from the day on which this Act was passed, or on such a day as the Secretary of State (or in the case of sections 20, 21 and 67, the Treasury) may appoint by regulations.