The Act Part 3 – Miscellaneous and General Section 33 – Short title and commencement
100.Subsection (2) provides for Parts 1 and 2 to come into force on 1 October 2012, although the Scottish Ministers are also given power to specify an earlier date (or dates) by order. Under subsection (3), Part 3 came into force on the day after Royal Assent (that is, on 8 April 2011).