The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provision) Order 2013
S.S.I. 2013/47 · Made 12 February 2013
Police
Made 12th February 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th February 2013
Coming into force 15th February 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 129(2) and (3) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012f1.
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Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provision) Order 2013 and comes into force on 15th February 2013.
2Appointed day
15th February 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 33(15) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (minor and consequential amendments).
3Transitory provision
Until 1st April 2013, paragraph 33(15)(b) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 is to be read as if the words “or paragraph 7A(8) or 7B(4) of schedule 4” were omitted.
Signature
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th February 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 15th February 2013 paragraph 33(15) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2013 which amends section 103(4)(a) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Article 3 makes transitory provision so that until 1st April 2013 the text to be inserted into the 2006 Act is only to be read as relating to regulations under section 41D(1) of that Act.