Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2004 and, except as provided in paragraph (2) below, shall come into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

This article and article 2 of this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

In this Order–

• “the 1988 Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998; and

• “fireworks regulations” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Fireworks Act 2003^f2.