Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 June 2022.
In these Regulations—
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“prescriptive period” has the meaning given in section 15(1) (interpretation of Part 1) of the 1973 Act,
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“the 1973 Act” means the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973f1,
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“the 2018 Act” means the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1973 c. 52. That Act is relevantly amended by the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), section 25(2); the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 113(11); the Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982 (c. 37), section 8(3); the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 45), sections 5(3) and 6(1) and (2), schedule 1, paragraphs 2 to 7 and schedule 2; the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66), section 75(1) and schedule 7, paragraph 11; the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), section 12(5); the Prescription (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 36), section 1(1), (2) and (3); the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43), sections 6, 41(2), 47(1) and (2), 48(3), schedule 1, paragraphs 8 to 11 and schedule 5; the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 7), schedule 5, paragraph 1; the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), section 12(a), schedule 12, paragraph 33 and schedule 13, paragraph 1; the Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 5), section 4(a); the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), section 88(a) and (b), schedule 14, paragraph 5 and schedule 5, paragraph 18; the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11), section 15(a); the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14), section 20(4); the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 1), section 23(2)(a), (2)(b) and (c), (3)(b), (5) and (6); the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 7), schedule 1 paragraph 2; the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5), schedule 5, paragraph 18; the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 9), section 60; the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), schedule 8, paragraph 6; the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9), section 66(2); S.I. 2011/1133; S.S.I. 2011/234; S.S.I. 2014/190; S.I. 2014/870; S.I. 2015/1392 and S.I. 2015/1972.