Commentary on Sections Part 4 – General Provisions Section 15 – Commencement
76.Subsection (1) of this section provides that this section and sections 14 and 16 come into force on the day after Royal Assent. The remainder of the Act, once enacted, comes into force on the day or days appointed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations made under subsection (2).
77.Subsection (3)(a) provides that these commencement regulations may also include transitional, transitory or saving provision. It should be noted that these aspects are not “free-standing” powers, but powers that are ancillary to commencement regulations, to make provision associated with transition etc. in connection with bringing the substantive powers into force.
78.Subsection (3)(b) provides that the regulations may make different provision for different purposes – this would include, for example, the possibility of appointing different days for the commencement of different sections.