The Act: Section by Section Section 3: Power to alter expiry date
12.Section 3 gives the Scottish Ministers the power to change the date of expiry of section 1 by regulations.
13.Section 3(1) allows the Scottish Ministers to move expiry to an earlier date. Section 3(2) allows the Scottish Ministers to move expiry to a later date. Section 3(3) provides that the later date cannot be later than 6 months after the expiry date which applies at the time the regulations are made – whether that is the date set out in the Act, or a date which has been set by a previous set of regulations made under the Act.