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The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

S.S.I. 2023/262 · Made 14 September 2023

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Made 14th September 2023

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 19th September 2023

Coming into force 3rd October 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 31(2) of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023f1.

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Footnotes

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2023 asp 1.

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 3 October 2023.

2Appointed day

3 October 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, so far as not already in forcef1.

Signature

MAIRI GOUGEON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th September 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations appoint 3 October 2023 as the day on which all of the provisions contained in the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (“the Act”) will come into force, other than sections 26, 31 and 32 of the Act (which came into force on 8 March 2023 by virtue of provision made in section 31(1) of the Act).