Commentary on Provisions Part 12: General provision Section 73 – Commencement
216.This section sets out when the provisions of the Act will come into force (i.e., take effect).
217.Some of the final sections, including this section, will come into force automatically on the day after the Bill for the Act receives Royal Assent. The substantive provisions will be commenced in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under this section. Such regulations may include transitional, transitory or saving provision related to commencement and may make different provision for different purposes. In particular, this allows different provisions to be commenced on different days.
218.Regulations under this section will, unless exercised in conjunction with powers under other sections, be laid before the Scottish Parliament but will not be subject to any parliamentary procedure (see section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 201021).