Commentary on Provisions Part 7 – Final Provisions Section 79 – Commencement
119.Section 79 makes provision in relation to when all of the provisions of the Act would take effect as the law. The final provisions come into force automatically on the day after the Bill becomes an Act. The other substantive provisions will come into force in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers. This is customary in Acts, particularly those such as this where various practical steps need to be taken in order to ensure that those principally affected by the Act’s provisions can be ready when it takes effect.