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The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016

S.S.I. 2016/394 · Made 24 November 2016

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Community Empowerment

Made 24th November 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th November 2016

Coming into force 16th December 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 145(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015f1 and all other powers enabling them to do sof2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2015 asp 6.

f2

Section 8 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) allows the power to be exercised so as to appoint different days for different purposes.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 16TH DECEMBER 2016
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016 and comes into force on 16th December 2016.

(2)

In this Order—

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

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

2Appointed day

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 16th December 2016.

(2)

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of that table in relation to any provision specified in column 1, that provision comes into force on 16th December 2016 only for that purpose.

Signature

R CUNNINGHAM

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th November 2016

PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 16TH DECEMBER 2016

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject Matter

Column 3

Purpose
Section 62Crofting community bodiesFor the purpose of making regulations under section 71(A1)(b), (4A), (4B) and (5)(a)(iv) of the 2003 Act
Section 63Modification of memorandum, articles, constitution or registered rulesFor the purpose of making orders under section 72(4) and (5) of the 2003 Act
Section 64Application: information about rights and interest in landFor the purpose of making regulations under section 73(5), (5AA) and (11) of the 2003 Act
Section 66Ballot: information and expensesFor the purpose of making regulations under section 75(6) and (7) of the 2003 Act
Section 70CompensationFor the purpose of making orders under section 89(4) of the 2003 Act

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”).

Article 2 appoints 16th December 2016 for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act set out in the table in the schedule, for limited purposes where specified. The provisions relate to Ministerial powers to make subordinate legislation.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 24th July 2015. Sections 141 to 143, 145 and 146 came into force the following day.