The Scotland Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/1710
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012.

(2) In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 2012.

Section 2 Appointed day of 3rd July 2012

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 3rd July 2012—

(a) section 4 (Presiding Officer and deputies);

(b) section 5 (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body);

(c) section 7 (members’ interests);

(d) section 9 (continued effect of provisions ceasing to be within legislative competence);

(e) section 10 (air weapons);

(f) section 12 (the Scottish Government);

(g) section 14 (time limit for human rights actions against Scottish Ministers);

(h) section 15 (power to vary retrospective decisions about non-legislative acts);

(i) section 16 ( BBC Trust member for Scotland);

(j) section 20 (power to prescribe drink-driving limits);

(k) section 21 (speed limits); and

(l) section 22 (speed limits: supplementary).

Section 3 Appointed day of 15th October 2012

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 6 (Bills: statements as to legislative competence) of the Act is 15th October 2012.