{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2012-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2013/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2012-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2013/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/7",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 2012 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2012-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 2012 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 and comes into force on 22nd April 2013.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;\n“the 2012 Act” means the Scotland Act 2012;\n“compatibility issue” has the meaning given by section 288ZA(2) of the 1995 Act;\n“convertible devolution issue” has the meaning given by article 2;\n“devolution issue” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act as if the amendments made by section 36(4) of the 2012 Act were not in force;\n“relevant date” means 22nd April 2013.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 288ZA was inserted by section 34(3) of the Scotland Act 2012."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph 1 was amended by sections 12(2)(a) and 36(4) of the Scotland Act 2012 and S.I. 2011/1043."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/7/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:07:48.014831+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}