Detail about Provisions Part 4—General
20.Section 12 confers on the Scottish Ministers a power, by regulations, to make ancillary provision (incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision) for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to the Act or any provision made under it. It also confers on them a power, by regulations, to modify any such regulations in consequence of the use of their powers under sections 6 to 8. Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure if they textually amend any part of an Act, but are otherwise subject to the negative procedure.
21.Section 13 brings the Act into force on the day after the Bill for the Act receives Royal Assent. It also allows the Scottish Ministers to make, by regulations, transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of the Act. Regulations under this section must be laid before the Scottish Parliament, but are otherwise subject to no parliamentary procedure (see section 30(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).