The Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1334
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th May 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order–

“ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998;

“LO-date” means the date when section 44(1)(c) of the Act comes into force ; and

“the principal Order ” means the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999 .

Section 3 Amendment of principal Order

In article 9(3) of the principal Order for the reference to “LO-date” in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted a reference to “principal appointed day” .

Section 4 Amendment of principal Order

After article 12 of the principal Order, there shall be inserted the following article:–

Private legislation: saving

(13) The amendment made to section 1 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 by paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall not affect the operation of that Act in relation to any petition for a Provisional Order presented to the Secretary of State before the principal appointed day.