Commentary on Sections Sections 26 and 27 – Ancillary provision and Transitional provision etc.
67.These sections give the Scottish Ministers the power to make consequential, supplemental, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provisions by order for the purpose of giving full effect to the Act. Under section 26 any order which makes textual amendments to primary legislation will be subject to the affirmative procedure, otherwise an order will be subject to the negative procedure. Orders under section 27 will be subject to the negative procedure.