2. Until section 53 of the 1998 Act comes into force(1) any reference in the 1998 Act to a pre-commencement enactment shall be read as a reference to–
(a)an Act passed before or in the same session as the 1998 Act and any other enactment made before the passing of the 1998 Act,
(b)an enactment made, before 6th May 1999, under such an Act or such other enactment.
In terms of article 2(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998, section 53 comes into force on 1st July 1999. Section 53(3) provides a definition of “pre-commencement enactment”.