Appointed day of 31st October 20122.
The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 31st October 2012—
(a)
section 8 (constituencies, regions and regional members);
(b)
section 13 (exercise of power to make Order disqualifying persons from membership of the Parliament);
(c)
section 17 (exercise of functions relating to Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig);
(d)
section 19 (misuse of drugs);
(e)
section 39 (maximum penalties which may be specified in subordinate legislation); and
(f)
Schedule 1 (amendments of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act).