Commentary on Sections Section 21: Short title and commencement
82.This section provides for the short title of the Act. It also provides for two distinct commencement dates. Subsection (3) provides for a number of provisions to come into force on the day after Royal Assent but only for a limited purpose. The limited purpose is to enable the Parliament to make determinations under those provisions to come into force when the remainder of the Act comes into force in accordance with subsection (4). The provisions coming into force on the day after Royal Assent are:
	sections 4(1) and (2), which empowers the Parliament to make determinations regarding the form and content of written statements;
	section 11(1) which empowers the Parliament to make determinations regarding the publication of the register;
	section 13(2) which empowers the Parliament to make determinations regarding the circumstances in which an oral or written declaration of interests should be made;
	section 19 which contains definitions of expressions to assist the making of such determinations;
	this section; and
	the schedule, paragraph 8(1)(b) which empowers the Parliament to make determinations regarding the amount of gross income for the purpose of determining whether a right or interest in heritable property is a registrable interest.
83.Subsection (4) specifies that the remaining provisions of the Act, not already in force, should come into force the day after the date of the first dissolution of the Parliament following the date of Royal Assent. The intention is to start a new session of the Scottish Parliament under the new requirements as set out in this Act. The Act will be binding on members and Scottish Law Officers from this date.