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The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2017

S.S.I. 2017/40 · Made 21 February 2017

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Community Empowerment

Made 21st February 2017

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd February 2017

Coming into force 1st April 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 145(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2015 asp 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2017
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st April 2017.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force, insofar as not already in 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 1st April 2017.

Signature

KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st February 2017

PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2017

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject Matter
Section 20Meaning of “community participation body”
Section 21Meaning of “public service authority”
Section 22Participation requests
Section 24Participation requests: decisions
Section 25Decision notice: information about outcome improvement process
Section 26Proposed outcome improvement process
Section 27Power to decline certain participation requests
Section 28Duty to establish and maintain outcome improvement process
Section 29Modification of outcome improvement process
Section 31Reporting
Section 32Annual reports
Section 33Ministerial report
Section 34Guidance
Schedule 2Public service authorities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st April 2017 for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”) to the extent that they are not already in force—

  • sections 20 to 22

  • sections 24 to 29

  • sections 31 to 34

  • schedule 2

Those provisions relate to the making and determination of participation requests under Part 3 of the Act.

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.