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The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016

S.S.I. 2016/410 · Made 6 December 2016

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Community Empowerment

Made 6th December 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th December 2016

Coming into force 20th 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.

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Footnotes

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2015 asp 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016 and comes into force on 20th December 2016.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 is 20th December 2016—

(a)

paragraphs 5(b) and (c), 6, 7 and 9 to 12 of schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 144(1) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and

(b)

section 144(2) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) and schedule 5 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003.

Signature

KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th December 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 20th December 2016 for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”)—

  • section 144(1), and paragraphs 5(b) and (c), 6, 7 and 9 to 12 of schedule 4, and

  • section 144(2) and schedule 5 in so far as it relates to the repeal of Part 2 and section 57(2)(b) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003.

Those provisions make amendments and repeals consequential to the commencement of Part 2 of the Act (community planning) on that date.

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.