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The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

S.I. 2023/395 · Made 27 March 2023

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

Made 27th March 2023

The Secretary of State for Scotland makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(4) and (6) of the Scotland Act 2016f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017

In the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017f1 for regulation 3 (provision coming into force on 1 April 2023) substitute—

“Provision coming into force on 1st April 2024

3.

Subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payment of benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes on 1st April 2024.”.

Signature

Alister Jack

Secretary of State

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

27th March 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/455), which are the fifth set of Regulations commencing provisions of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11).

These Regulations provide that the commencement date on which subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payment for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes is 1st April 2024 instead of 1st April 2023 as provided for in S.I. 2022/409 (C. 13).