Commentary on Sections General Section 119 – Ancillary provision
485.This section provides for a general regulation-making power that enables the Scottish Ministers to make provision for consequential and other incidental matters in order to give full effect to the Act.
486.The power in this section allows the Scottish Ministers to amend any enactment, including the Act. For the meaning of “enactment” see schedule 1 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
487.Regulations under this section will be subject to the affirmative procedure where they modify primary legislation (see section 118(3) of the Act). Otherwise, they will be subject to the negative procedure.