Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Asset Transfer Request (Designation of Community Transfer Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 23rd January 2017.

In this Order—

• “the 2003 Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003^f1;

• “the 2015 Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015; and

• “company limited by guarantee” has the meaning given by section 3(3) of the Companies Act 2006^f2.