# The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2025, Article 1: Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2025 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) In this Order—
“the 1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
“the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
“the Scottish REZ area” means the area designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005 as the area in relation to which the Scottish Ministers are to have functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348264791/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scotland-act-1998-transfer-of-functions-to-the-scottish-ministers-etc-order-2025/article-1
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